{"product_id":"the-broadview-anthology-of-victorian-short-stories-9781551113562","title":"The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e beautifully demonstrates the astonishing variety and ingenuity of Victorian short stories. This collection brings together works focused on a wide range of popular Victorian subjects in many different styles and forms (including comic, gothic, fantasy, adventure, and colonial works; science fiction; children’s tales; New Woman writing; Irish yarns; stories originally published in popular periodicals; and travel stories). Both well-known and lesser-known authors are included, and both men and women are well represented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology includes twenty-six annotated stories, a general introduction that discusses the history of the genre’s development in relation to key socio-political issues of the Victorian era, and suggestions for secondary readings. It also includes an intriguing selection of Victorian writings on the genre by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Frederick Wedmore, and Laura Marholm Hansson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dennis Denisoff’s anthology of Victorian short fiction is a ground-breaking contribution to teaching and research, with a wide-ranging and original selection of stories by 19th-century writers, and an expertly-chosen group of Victorian critical essays on the short story and its genres.” — Elaine Showalter, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003ePublication Sources\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWILLIAM CARLETON “Wildgoose Lodge” (1833)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY SHELLEY “The Mortal Immortal” (1833)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHARLES DICKENS “The Bloomsbury Christening” (1834)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS DE QUINCEY “The Vision of Sudden Death” and “The Dream-Fugue” (1849)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILKIE COLLINS “A Terribly Strange Bed” (1852)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELIZABETH GASKELL “The Great Cranford Panic” (1853)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANCES BROWNE “The Story of Fairyfoot” (1857)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGERALDINE JEWSBURY “Agnes Lee” (1857)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANTHONY TROLLOPE “George Walker at Suez” (1861)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY ELIZABETH BRADDON “Eveline’s Visitant” (1862)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eALGERNON SWINBURNE “Dead Love” (1862)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC.L. DODGSON [LEWIS CARROLL] “Bruno’s Revenge” (1867)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHERIDAN LE FANU “Green Tea” (1869)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY DE MORGAN “A Toy Princess” (1877)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARY BEAUMONT “The Revenge of Her Race” (1879?)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAMELIA B. EDWARDS “Was it an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHOMAS HARDY “Interlopers at the Knap” (1884)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON “Markheim” (1885)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRUDYARD KIPLING “Lispeth” (1886)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOSCAR WILDE “The Happy Prince” (1888)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARTHUR CONAN DOYLE “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1891)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGEORGE EGERTON “The Spell of the White Elf” (1893)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEVELYN SHARP “In Dull Brown” (1896)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADA LEVERSON “The Quest of Sorrow” (1896)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH.G. WELLS “The Star” (1897)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISRAEL ZANGWILL “To Die in Jerusalem” (1899)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX A Edgar Allan Poe, from a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s \u003cem\u003eTwice-told Tales\u003c\/em\u003e (1842)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX B Charles Dickens, from “Frauds on the Fairies”(1853)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX C Margaret Oliphant, from “The ByWays of Literature: Reading for the Million” (1858)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX D Frederick Wedmore, “The Short Story” (1898)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX E Laura Marholm Hansson, from “Neurotic Keynotes” (1896)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041303789911,"sku":"9781551113562","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551113562.jpg?v=1750949736","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-broadview-anthology-of-victorian-short-stories-9781551113562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}