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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454960703321

Titolo

Nineteenth-century short stories by women : a Routledge anthology / / edited by Harriet Devine Jump

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-70466-6

1-280-33484-3

0-203-00498-1

0-203-15846-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DevineHarriet

Disciplina

823/.01089287/09034

Soggetti

English fiction - Women authors

Women - Great Britain

English fiction - 19th century

Short stories, English

Electronic books.

Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 441-446).

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; THE LIMERICK GLOVES; THE STORY OF SIR BERTRAND; COUSIN MARY; THE THREE DAMSELS; LADY EVELYN SAVILE'S THREE TRIALS; THE MORTAL IMMORTAL; SEFTON CHURCH; THE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE; EVELINE'S VISITANT; SISTER JOHANNA'S STORY; THE MYSTERY AT NUMBER SEVEN; A RAILWAY JOURNEY; THE END OF HER JOURNEY; A WICKED VOICE; A DREAM OF WILD BEES; A CROSS LINE; URMI: THE STORY OF A QUEEN; THE PLEASURE-PILGRIM; SUGGESTION; A CORRESPONDENCE; A KNOT OF RIBBON; AN IDYLL IN MILLINERY; THE SWEET O' THE YEAR; ANOTHER FREAK; THE OTHER ANNA; LUCY WREN

AMOR VINCIT OMNIAA STORY OF A WEDDING TOUR; References and further reading;

Sommario/riassunto

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.