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. Containing short fiction by well-known authors such as:

* Maria Edgeworth

* Mary Shelley

* Elizabeth Gaskell

* Margaret Oliphant

Nineteenth-Century Short Stories by Women also includes:

* a scholarly introduction

* biographies for each of the authors

* full explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading

* a critical commentary, publication details and historical context

* a full and wide-ranging bibliography

The bibliography of resources and further reading will enable those interested in pursuing research on any author or topic to do so with ease, and a thematic index will enable teachers to select material best suited to their courses.