Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers

Preface Introduction Charlotte Brontë — Napoleon and the Spectre Elizabeth Gaskell — The Old Nurse's Story Dinah M. Mulock — The Last House in C-Street Catherine Crowe — Round the Fire Mary Elizabeth Braddon — The Cold Embrace Rosa Mulholland — Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time Amelia B. Edwards — The Story of Salome Rhoda Broughton — The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth Mrs Henry Wood — Reality or Delusion? Vernon Lee — Winthrop's Adventure Charlotte Riddell — The Old House in Vauxhall Walk Margaret Oliphant — The Open Door Lanoe Falconer — Cecilia de Noël Louisa Baldwin — Many Waters Cannot Quench Love Violet Hunt — The Prayer Mary Cholmondeley — Let Loose Ella D'Arcy — The Villa Lucienne Gertrude Atherton — The Striding Place Willa Cather — The Affair at Grover Station Mary E. Wilkins (Freeman) — The Vacant Lot Isabella Banks — Haunted! Notes on the authors