S. T. (EDT) Joshi: The Cold Embrace
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- Materiaali: Pokkari
- Kustantaja: Dover Pubns
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780486805054
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This original anthology presents 19 short stories that cover nearly a century of speculative fiction by women authors. Selections range from Mary Shelley's 'Transformation' (1830), a pendant to 'Frankenstein' in its themes and motifs, to 'Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched' (1922) by May Sinclair, a tale of time travel that follows its heroine to Hell and back. Gripping narratives include Virginia Woolf's 'A Haunted House, ' in which a ghostly couple revisit their former home; 'A Wedding Chest' by Vernon Lee, a story of romance and revenge that unfolds in Renaissance Italy; and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper, ' recounting a woman's psychic possession by the previous occupant of her attic bedroom. Additional tales include E. Nesbit's 'From the Dead, ' 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Curious If True, ' and many others. Editor S. T. Joshi offers an extensive Introduction as well as notes on each of the authors.