The gentlewomen of evil
Subtitle: an anthology of rare supernatural stories from the pens of Victorian ladies
By: selected and introduced by Peter Haining.
Publisher: Taplinger Pub. Co.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Ghost stories, English.; English fiction -- Women authors.; Supernatural -- Fiction.
Description: Brilliant tales of terror from an unlikely source: Victorian gentlewomen. Ghosts, apparitions and spectres provide an atmosphers of evil and lurking fear.
Table of contents: title: Transformation, by M. Shelley.; title: The open door, by Mrs. Oliphant.; title: The Italian's story, by C. Crowe.; title: The ghost, by Mrs. H. Wood.; title: The old nurse's story, by Mrs. Gaskell.; title: The phantom coach, by A. Edwards.; title: The lifted veil, by M. A. Evans.; title: Eveline's visitant, by Miss Braddon.; title: Sandy the tinker, by Mrs. Riddell.; title: A tale of a gas-light ghost. Anonymous.; title: Eyes of terror, by Mrs. L. T. Meade.; title: At the dip of the road, by Mrs. Molesworth.; title: The Gorgon's head, by G. Bacon.