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 bibliography

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.