Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women

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 Edgewort * Mary Shelle * Elizabeth Gaskel * Margaret OliphantNineteenth-Century Short Stories by Womenalso includes * a scholarly introductio * biographies for each of the author * full explanatory notes and suggestions for further readin * a critical commentary, publication details and historical contex * a full and wide-ranging bibliograph 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.