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Weird Women : Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 by Lisa Morton; Leslie S Klinger; Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford; Louisa May Alcott; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Emma Frances Dawson; J. H Riddell; Sarah Orne Jewett; Olive Schreiner; Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Marie Corelli; Clemence Housman; Dora Sigerson Shorter; Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman; Herminie Templeton Kavanagh; Frances Hodgson Burnett; Olivia Howard Dunbar; E Nesbit; Mary Austin; Marjorie Bowen; Regina Miriam Bloch; Ellen Glasgow is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Weird Women : Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 about?
From two acclaimed experts in the genre, a brand-new volume of supernatural stories showcasing the forgotten female horror writers from 1852–1923. While the nineteen-year-old Mary Shelley may be hailed as the first modern writer of horror, the success of her immortal Frankenstein undoubtedly inspired dozens of female authors who wrote their own evocative, chilling tales. Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Gilman-Perkins, alongside works of writers who were the bestsellers and critical favorites of their time—Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell—and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition. 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. Curated by Klinger and Morton with an aim to p
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- Author
- Lisa Morton; Leslie S Klinger; Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford; Louisa May Alcott; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Emma Frances Dawson; J. H Riddell; Sarah Orne Jewett; Olive Schreiner; Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Marie Corelli; Clemence Housman; Dora Sigerson Shorter; Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman; Herminie Templeton Kavanagh; Frances Hodgson Burnett; Olivia Howard Dunbar; E Nesbit; Mary Austin; Marjorie Bowen; Regina Miriam Bloch; Ellen Glasgow
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781643134178
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Horror, Short Stories
Other editions & translations
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