Books like Victorian ghosts in the noontide by Vanessa D. Dickerson

A poignant exploration of the intersection of reading and identity, love, and self-discovery.

Stories by Willa Cather, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, Margaret Oliphant, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Riddell, Lanoe Falconer and many others.

Women authors of detective series in the 20th century, presented through the works of 21 American and British women detectives and private investigators.

"Is there a "female Bildungsroman"? Can the story of Elizabeth Bennet's development be yoked to a genre conceived in terms of Wilhelm Meister and David Copperfield? Unbecoming Women unpacks the ideological baggage of the Bildungsroman, and turns to novels of development and conduct books by women for a new poetics of growing up." "In subtle readings of works by Frances Burney, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and George Elliot, Susan Fraiman argues that a heroine's progress toward masterful selfhood is by no means assured. Focusing on "counternarratives" in which girls do not enter the world so much as flounder on its doorstep, Fraiman suggests that becoming a woman involves de-formation, disorientation, and the loss of authority." "By stressing the rival stories in a single text, Unbecoming Women provides a fresh assessment of the Bildungsroman. Instead of the usual question - "How does the hero of this novel come of age?"--Fraiman asks "What are the divergent developmental narratives at work, and what can they tell us about competing ideologies concerning the feminine?"" "Written with grace and theoretical mastery, Unbecoming Women emphasizes the subversive as well as dialectical aspects of a genre long considered homogeneous. The result is a compelling work of literary criticism that, charting female destiny in Georgian and Victorian texts, also post-modernizes the novel of development."--Jacket.

Six terrifying tales to unsettle and disturb the mind are powerfully retold for today's readers in this collection of classic chillers from the Victorian age.

A curated anthology of 35 Victorian ghost tales, showcasing the evolution of supernatural fiction from 1850 to 1910 with works by Le Fanu, M. R. James, Blackwood, Dickens, and numerous women writers.

An academic exploration of women’s contributions to the mystery genre, blending biography, historical context, and literary criticism.

A curated collection of 35 Victorian ghost stories featuring haunted houses, vengeful spirits, and eerie warnings from beyond the grave, designed to give lovers of traditional ghost tales a thrilling, shudder-inducing experience.