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 bibliographyThe 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.
