English short stories of the nineteenth century.
By: Selected and introduced by Heinz Bergner.
Series: Olms Studien, Bd. 16
Publisher: G. Olms
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Hildesheim; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Short stories, English.; English fiction -- 19th century.; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Table of contents: title: The grateful Negro, by M. Edgeworth.; title: The witch aunt, by C. Lamb.; title: The true story of Vertumnus and Pomona, by L. Hunt.; title: The two drovers, by W. Scott.; title: Miss Philly Firkin, the China-woman, by M. R. Mitford.; title: Sally Holt and the death of John Hayloft, by T. Hood.; title: Dives and Lazarus; or, Ireland!, by C. Gore.; title: The Lady Rohesia, by T. Ingoldsby.; title: A story without a tail, by W. Maginn.; title: Dennis Haggarty's wife, by W. M. Thackeray.; title: The journey to Panama, by A. Trollope.; title: Brother Jacob, by G. Eliot.; title: The old nurse's story, by E. C. Gaskell.; title: Blow up with the brig, by W. W. Collins.; title: Mugby Junction, by C. Dickens.; title: Mr. Justice Harbottle, by J. S. Le Fanu.; title: Thrawn Janet, by R. L. Stevenson.; title: The selfish giant, by O. Wilde.; title: The fiddler of the reels, by T. Hardy.; title: Two collectors, by G. Gissing.; title: The city of dreadful night, by R. Kipling.; title: Select bibliography (p. [484]-486).