Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women - 9780415167819

Taylor & Francis

Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by WomenA Routledge Anthology\nAuthor(s): Harriet Devine Jump\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415167819, 978-0415167819\nSynopsis\nThis 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:\n * Maria Edgeworth\n * Mary Shelley\n * Elizabeth Gaskell\n * Margaret Oliphant \nNineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women also includes:\n * a scholarly introduction\n * biographies for each of the authors\n * full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading\n * a critical commentary, publication details and historical context\n * a full and wide-ranging bibliography\n The bibliography of resources and further reading will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so .