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Title:
Weird women : classic supernatural fiction by groundbreaking female writers: 1852-1923
Author:
Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger -- Elizabeth Gaskell -- Harriet Prescott Spofford - Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse / Louisa May Alcott -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- Emma Frances Dawson -- Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte) Riddell -- Sarah Orne Jewett -- Olive Schreiner -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Marie Corelli -- Clemence Housman -- Dora Sigerson Shorter -- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Herminie Templeton Kavanaugh -- Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Olivia Howard Dunbar -- E. Bland (Edith Nesbit) -- Mary Austin -- Marjorie Bowen -- Regina Miriam Bloch -- Ellen Glasgow
ISBN:
9781643134161
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Physical Description:
xiii, 361 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
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
Summary:
"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." --provided by publisher.
Subject Term:
Paranormal fiction

Paranormal fiction -- Women authors.

Supernatural in literature -- Women authors.

Fantasy fiction, English -- Women authors.

Horror tales, English -- Women authors.

Short stories -- Women authors
Genre:
Paranormal fiction

Short stories

Horror fiction
Added Author:
Morton, Lisa, 1958-

Klinger, Leslie S.

Container of (expression): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865. Old nurse's story.

Container of (expression): Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. Moonstone mass.

Container of (expression): Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse.

Container of (expression): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911. What was the matter?

Container of (expression): Dawson, Emma Frances. Itinerant house.

Container of (expression): Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906 Nut Bush Farm.

Container of (expression): Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 Gray man.

Container of (expression): Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920. In a far-off world.

Container of (expression): Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Giant wisteria.

Container of (expression): Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924. Lady with the carnations.

Container of (expression): Housman, Clemence. Were-wolf.

Container of (expression): Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918. Transmigration.

Container of (expression): Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. Wind in the rose-bush.

Container of (expression): Kavanagh, Herminie Templeton. Banshee's Halloween.

Container of (expression): Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. In the closed room.

Container of (expression): Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953. Dream-baby.

Container of (expression): Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924. Third drug.

Container of (expression): Austin, Mary, 1868-1934. Pocket-hunter's story.

Container of (expression): Bowen, Marjorie, 1888-1952. Twilight.

Container of (expression): Bloch, Regina Miriam, 1889-1938. Swine-gods

Container of (expression): Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945. Jordan's end.
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