- 464 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
This anthology brings together twenty-eight lively and readable short stories by nineteenth-century women writers, including gothic tales to romances, detective fiction and ghost stories. Containing short fiction by well-known authors such as:
* Maria Edgeworth
* Mary Shelley
* Elizabeth Gaskell
* Margaret Oliphant
Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women also includes:
* a scholarly introduction
* biographies for each of the authors
* full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading
* a critical commentary, publication details and historical context
* a full and wide-ranging bibliography
The bibliography of resources and further reading will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so with ease, and a thematic index will enable teachers to select material best suited to their courses.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE LIMERICK GLOVES
- THE STORY OF SIR BERTRAND
- COUSIN MARY
- THE THREE DAMSELS
- LADY EVELYN SAVILE’S THREE TRIALS
- THE MORTAL IMMORTAL
- SEFTON CHURCH
- THE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE
- EVELINE’S VISITANT
- SISTER JOHANNA’S STORY
- THE MYSTERY AT NUMBER SEVEN
- A RAILWAY JOURNEY
- THE END OF HER JOURNEY
- A WICKED VOICE
- A DREAM OF WILD BEES
- A CROSS LINE
- URMI: THE STORY OF A QUEEN
- THE PLEASURE-PILGRIM
- SUGGESTION
- A CORRESPONDENCE
- A KNOT OF RIBBON
- AN IDYLL IN MILLINERY
- THE SWEET O’THE YEAR
- ANOTHER FREAK
- THE OTHER ANNA
- LUCY WREN
- AMOR VINCIT OMNIA
- A STORY OF A WEDDING TOUR
- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING