Weird women.

Title:

Weird women. Volume 2, 1840-1925 : classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female writers / edited by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger.

Call Number:

FICTION WEIR

ISBN:

9781643137834

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Physical Description:

xi, 323 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:

Introduction / by Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger -- The drowned fisherman (1840) / Mrs. S. C. Hall -- The lifted veil (1859) / George Eliot -- The ghost in the mill (1870) / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The man with the nose (1872) / Rhoda Broughton -- Little white souls (1883) / Florence Marryat -- Let loose (1890) / Mary Cholmondeley -- The fulness of life (1893) / Edith Wharton -- The library window (1896) / Mrs. Oliphant -- Good Lady Ducayne (1896) / Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- Marsyas in Flanders (1900) / Vernon Lee -- The dead and the countess (1902) / Gertrude Atherton -- The children (1909) / Josephine Daskam Bacon -- The tryst (1911) / Alice Brown -- Broken glass (1911) / Georgia Wood Pangborn -- Where their fire is not quenched (1922) / May Sinclair -- Spunk (1925) / Zora Neale Hurston.

Summary:

A collection of short stories from early female horror writers featuring ghosts, vampirism, mesmerism, witches, haunted India, demonic entities, and journeys into the afterlife.

Subject Term:

Horror tales, American.

American fiction -- Women authors.

Paranormal fiction -- Women authors.

Horror fiction -- Women authors.

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Container of (work) : Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881. Drowned fisherman.

Container of (work) : Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Lifted veil.

Container of (work) : Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Ghost in the mill.

Container of (work) : Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920. Man with a nose.

Container of (work) : Marryat, Florence, 1833-1899. Little white souls.

Container of (work) : Cholmondeley, Mary, 1859-1925. Let loose.

Container of (work) : Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Fulness of life.

Container of (work) : Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897. Library window.

Container of (work) : Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915. Good Lady Ducayne.

Container of (work) : Lee, Vernon, 1856-1935. Marsyas in Flanders.

Container of (work) : Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. Dead and the countess.

Container of (work) : Bacon, Josephine Daskam, 1876-1961. Children

Container of (work) : Brown, Alice, 1857-1948. Tryst.

Container of (work) : Pangborn, Georgia Wood, 1872-1955. Broken glass.

Container of (work) : Sinclair, May. Where their fire is not quenched.

Container of (work) : Hurston, Zora Neale. Short stories. Selections.

Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Format:

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Summary

Following the success of Weird Women: Volume 1 , acclaimed anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers, including George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton.

Following the success of their acclaimed Weird Women, star anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers.

This volume once again gathers some of the most famous voices of literature--George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton--along with chilling tales by writers who were among the bestselling and most critically-praised authors of the early supernatural story, including Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Vernon Lee, Florence Marryat, and Margaret Oliphant.

There are, of course, ghost stories here, but also tales of vampirism, mesmerism, witches, haunted India, demonic entities, and journeys into the afterlife. Introduced and annotated for modern readers, Morton and Klinger have curated more stories sure to provide another "feast of entertaining (and scary) reads" ( Library Journal ).

Author Notes

Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, anthologist, and the author of Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances and Ghosts: A Haunted History . She is a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival. A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hills, California, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com .

Leslie S. Klinger is the editor of the highly-acclaimed The New Annotated Dracula ; The New Annotated Frankenstein ; and the two-volume The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft , as well as the anthologies In the Shadow of Dracula and In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe . Together with Lisa Morton, he's also edited the anthologies Ghost Stories and Weird Women , both with extensive selections of Victorian horror. He lives in Malibu.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Editors Morton and Klinger deliver another strong installment to their Weird Women anthology series featuring "classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female authors," this time showcasing 16 works written between 1840 and 1925. The stories are as creepy as they are varied, with pieces from classic horror authors like Georgia Wood Pangborn ("Broken Glass"), as well as those not generally associated with the genre, including George Eliot ("The Lifted Veil") and Harriet Beecher Stowe ("The Ghost in the Mill"). Edith Wharton's heroine has a richer life after death than any she led when she was alive in "The Fullness of Life." A cabal of churchyard dead are resurrected in Gertrude Atherton's captivating "The Dead and the Countess." In Zora Neale Hurston's classic revenge tale, "Spunk," a woman and her lover are stalked by an otherworldly presence. The editors ground each of the works with brief author biographies and explanatory footnotes. Weird fiction fans won't want to miss this excellent survey of the genre's female pioneers. (Sept.)

Booklist Review

After the success of their first collection gathering early supernatural tales by women, Morton and Klinger have gathered yet more eerie stories, including short tales by such big names as Edith Wharton ("The Fullness of Life"), George Eliot ("The Lifted Veil"), and Zora Neale Hurston ("Spunk"). The stories feature lonely wives seeking companionship or fulfillment, mothers struggling to protect their children, and women whose instincts warn them of horrors or grief to come. Crypts and apparitions haunt the pages. In "Good Lady Ducayne," by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, a young woman signs up to accompany an older woman to Italy, only to suffer from dizziness and fatigue. In "The Dead and the Countess," by Gertrude Atherton, a priest starts hearing the dead murmur after a train track is built nearby; in "Broken Glass," by Georgia Wood Pangborn, a woman overly protective of her children and cruel to her nanny is taught a hard lesson by a strange spirit. Fans of the previous collection honoring women's contributions to early horror will enjoy this additional anthology.

Lisa Morton and Leslie S. KlingerMrs. S. C. HallGeorge EliotHarriet Beecher StoweRhoda BroughtonFlorence MarryatMary CholmondeleyEdith WhartonMrs. OliphantMary Elizabeth BraddonVernon LeeGertrude AthertonJosephine Daskam BaconAlice BrownGeorgia Wood PangbornMay SinclairZora Neale Hurston

Introduction	p. ix
The Drowned Fisherman (1840)	p. 1
The Lifted Veil (1859)	p. 11
The Ghost in the Mill (1870)	p. 55
The Man with the Nose (1872)	p. 67
Little White Souls (1883)	p. 87
Let Loose (1890)	p. 113
The Fulness of Life (1893)	p. 131
The Library Window (1896)	p. 145
Good Lady Ducayne (1896)	p. 187
Marsyas in Flanders (1900)	p. 217
The Dead and the Countess (1902)	p. 233
The Children (1909)	p. 247
The Tryst (1911)	p. 269
Broken Glass (1911)	p. 285
Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched (1922)	p. 293
Spunk (1925)	p. 315
Acknowledgments	p. 323

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