Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women

<p>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:<br> * Maria Edgeworth<br> * Mary Shelley<br> * Elizabeth Gaskell<br> * Margaret Oliphant <br><em>Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women</em> also includes:<br> * a scholarly introduction<br> * biographies for each of the authors<br> * full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading<br> * a critical commentary publication details and historical context<br> * a full and wide-ranging bibliography<br> 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.</p>