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xi, 483 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The transformation / by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- The dark lady / by Mrs. S.C. Hall -- Morton Hall / by Elizabeth Gaskell -- A ghost story / by Ada Trevanion -- An engineer's story / by Amelia B. Edwards -- Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse / by Louisa May Alcott -- Tom Toothacre's ghost story / by Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Kentucky's ghost / by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- At Chrighton Abbey / by Mary Elizabeth Braddon -- The fate of Madame Cabanel / by Eliza Lynn Linton -- Forewarned, forearmed / by Mrs. J.H. Riddell -- The portrait / by Margaret Oliphant -- The shrine of death / by Lady Dilke -- The beckside boggle / by Alice Rea -- The hidden door / by Vernon Lee -- Unexplained / by Mary Louisa Molesworth -- Let loose / by Mary Cholmondely -- The cave of the echoes / by Helena Blavatsky -- The yellow wall paper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The mass for the dead / by Edith Nesbit -- The Tyburn ghost / by The Countess of Munster -- The duchess at prayer / by Edith Wharton -- The vacant lot / by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman -- An unscientific story / by Louise J. Strong -- A dissatisfied soul / by Annie Trumbull Slosson -- The readjustment / by Mary Austin. |
| Summary |
Readers are well aware that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein: few know how many other tales of terror she created. In addition to Uncle Toms Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote some surprisingly effective horror stories. The year after Little Women appeared, Louisa May Alcott published one of the first mummy tales. These ladies werent alone. From the earliest days of Gothic and horror fiction, women were exploring the frontiers of fear, dreaming dark dreams that will still keep you up at night. |
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Paranormal fiction.
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Horror stories, English.
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Horror stories, American.
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Horror tales.
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English fiction -- Women authors.
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American fiction -- Women authors.
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| Genre |
Horror tales, English.
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Horror tales, American.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Graeme.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
Transformation.
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Hall, S. C., Mrs., 1800-1881.
Dark lady.
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Morton Hall.
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Trevanion, Ada.
Ghost story.
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Edwards, Amelia B., 1831-1892.
Engineer's story.
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Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Lost in a pyramid, or, The mummy's curse.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
Tom Toothacre's ghost story.
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
Kentucky's ghost.
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Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1835-1915.
At Chrighton Abbey.
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Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898.
Fate of Madame Cabanel.
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| ISBN |
9781643130118 |
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1643130110 |
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