Nineteenth-century short stories by women : a Routledge anthology / edited by Harriet Devine Jump.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devine, Harriet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--Women authors.

English fiction.

Women--Great Britain--Fiction.

Women.

English fiction--19th century.

Short stories, English.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

19th-century short stories by women

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 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 OMNIAA STORY OF A WEDDING TOUR; References and further reading;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-446).

ISBN:

1-134-70465-8

1-134-70466-6

1-280-33484-3

0-203-00498-1

0-203-15846-6

9780203004982

OCLC:

56994008