A fine collection of classic novels, short stories, poems, and essays from distinguished women writers. Women writers have been making their voices heard for centuries, but their works were not always taken seriously. Over time, as women gained more social and political freedom, these works hav
Weird women: Classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female writers, 1852-1923
โ Scribed by Klinger, Leslie S.;Morton, Lisa
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 294 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1643134175
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โฆ Synopsis
The old nurse's story / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- The Moonstone Mass / by Harriet Prescott Spofford -- Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse /by Louisa May Alcott -- What was the matter? / by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- An itinerant house / by Emma Frances Dawson -- Nut bush farm / by Mrs. J.H. (Charlotte) Riddell -- The gray man / by Sarah Orne Jewett -- In a far-off world / by Olive Schreiner -- The giant wistaria / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The lady with the carnations / by Marie Corelli -- The were-wolf / by Clemence Housman -- Transmigration / by Dora Sigerson Shorter -- The wind in the rose-bush / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The banshee's Halloween / by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh -- The closed room / by Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The dream-baby / by Olivia Howard Dunbar -- The third drug / by E. Bland (Edith Nesbit) -- The pocket-hunter's story / by Mary Austin -- Twilight / by Marjorie Bowen -- The Swine-Gods / by Regina Miriam Bloch -- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow.;Introduction / Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger -- The old nurse's story / Elizabeth Gaskell -- The moonstone mass / Harriet Prescott Spofford - Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse / Louisa May Alcott -- What was the matter? / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- An itinerant house / Emma Frances Dawson -- Nut Bush Farm / Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte) Riddell -- The gray man / Sarah Orne Jewett -- In a far-off world / Olive Schreiner -- The giant wisteria / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The lady with the carnations / Marie Corelli -- The were-wolf / Clemence Housman -- Transmigration / Dora Sigerson Shorter -- The wind in the rose-bush / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- The banshee's halloween / Herminie Templeton Kavanaugh -- In the closed room / Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The dream-baby / Olivia Howard Dunbar -- The third drug / E. Bland (Edith Nesbit) -- The pocket-hunter's story / Mary Austin -- Twilight / Marjorie Bowen -- The swine-gods / Regina Miriam Bloch -- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow -- Acknowledgments.
โฆ Subjects
Short stories
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