Download or read book The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mrs Henry Wood written by Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a unique three volume collection Mrs. Henry Wood was one of a notable cadre of proficient authors of all manner of fiction, much of which appeared serially in the numerous periodicals of the Victorian period. Ellen Wood (formerly Price) was born in Worcestershire in 1815 and is principally remembered as the author of 'East Lynne'-one of the most popular sensation novels of the mid-19th century. She wrote over 30 novels as well as many shorter works of mystery, crime and suspense. Her supernatural fiction has endured by virtue of its lasting quality and has been acclaimed by aficionados and critics alike, including the not lightly given approbation of M. R. James. The Victorian public's appetite for stories of the weird and ghostly was insatiable and huge amounts of it was published. This resulted in a golden age for the genre. Almost every popular fiction writer of the period tried their hand at ghostly or terrifying stories, including some of the most notable authors of the time such as Dickens, R. L. Stevenson, Kipling and Conan Doyle. Some became well known and well regarded 'specialists' in the ghostly tale; foremost among these were women writers who had a particular talent for supernatural themes. Among the first rank of these was Mrs Henry Wood and this substantial Leonaur three volume collection is probably the first comprehensive collection of her other worldly fiction to be published. In volume one readers will discover 'Featherston's Story, ' 'A Mystery, ' 'Gina Montani' and ten more stories of the strange and unusual. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Download or read book The Shadow of Ashlydyat by Mrs Henry Wood Fiction Literary Romance Horror written by Mrs Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of Prior's Ash, lying in a valley, was alive that gay morning with excitement. It was the day appointed for the first meet of the hounds; the P. A. hounds, of some importance in the county; and people from far and near were flocking to see them throw off.
Download or read book Mrs Henry Wood s Novels written by Ellen Wood and published by . This book was released on 18?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ellen Wood s East Lynne written by Ellen Wood and published by Fantasy and Horror Classics. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling Victorian sensation novel where secrets, infidelity, and mistaken identities collide in a tale of passion. Set in the sprawling English countryside, East Lynne follows the misfortunes of Lady Isabel Vane. Left penniless and homeless when her father dies, Isabel is left with no choice but to marry a lawyer, Archibald Carlyle, who buys her former home East Lynne. He's a caring man, but when his sister moves in she seems set on making Isabel's life miserable. A tangled web of misunderstandings and betrayal ensues as the novel explores the consequences of choices made in the pursuit of happiness. This volume is part of the Mothers of the Macabre series, celebrating the gothic horror masterpieces of pioneering women writers who played a pivotal role in shaping and advancing the genre. First published in 1861, East Lynne was a Victorian bestseller and is known for its hilariously dramatic and tragic plot. A must-read for fans of gothic horror, Ellen Wood's masterful work has had multiple stage and screen adaptations.
Download or read book Dene Hollow written by Ellen Wood and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Wood's supernatural 1871 best-seller follows three generations of the Clanwaring family, their sprawling estate, Beechhurst Dene, and the cursed road it resides on, the haunted Dene Hollow. Her tale is a rich tapestry of Victorian characters from wealthy estate owners in their pampered parlors, to the servants whispering secrets below the stairs. Inn keepers and thieves, landowners and liars, Generals and drunks, cross class lovers and a ghost-seeing servant--all who travel through the dark glen of Dene Hollow will find their lives forever changed. Before there was J.K. Rowling, before there was Anne Rice, there was Mrs. Henry Wood, the queen of Victorian best-sellers. Between 1860 and 1887, Ellen Wood wrote over forty full-length novels which made her one of the most successful and talked about writers of the Victorian era. Her novels of mystery, suspense and the supernatural kept thousands of Victorians reading far into the night and thankfully, her novels are once again available for insomniacs, book addicts and academics alike. Curt Herr, Ph.D., teaches Victorian Sensation fiction at Kutztown University. He specializes in overlooked, best-selling Victorian novelists and has written critical editions of the works of Mrs. Henry Wood, Marie Corelli, and Elizabeth Bonhote.
Download or read book Weird Stories written by J. H. Riddell and published by Victorian Secrets. This book was released on 2009 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short ghost stories by Victorian writer Charlotte Riddell. Includes: Walnut-Tree House, The Open Door, Nut Bush Farm, Sandy the Tinker, and Old Mrs Jones. With their monstrous women and uncanny children, their tales of dissolution, greed and murder behind the facade of splendid houses, these stories will appeal to the modern aficionado of supernatural fiction.
Download or read book Sylvie and Bruno written by Lewis Carroll and published by London ; New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1889 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1889, this novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland.
Download or read book East Lynne written by Ellen Wood and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Lynne Ellen Wood - East Lynne is an English sensation novel of 1861 by Ellen Wood, writing as Mrs Henry Wood. A Victorian best-seller, it is remembered chiefly for its elaborate and implausible plot, centring on infidelity and double identities. There have been numerous stage and film adaptations. The much-quoted line "Gone!
Download or read book Mrs Wood s Novels Johnny Ludlow 6th ed 1880 written by Mrs. Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Violent Women and Sensation Fiction written by A. Mangham and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores ideas of violent femininity across generic and disciplinary boundaries during the nineteenth century. It aims to highlight how medical, legal and literary narratives shared notions of the volatile nature of women. Mangham traces intersections between notorious legal trials, theories of female insanity, and sensation novels.
Download or read book Victorian Ghosts in the Noontide written by Vanessa D. Dickerson and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting rereading of familiar texts by Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot recovering the historical and literary roots of the supernatural as it appears in each women's work. Dickerson (English, Rhodes College) makes interesting observations about women's changing roles in the 19th century when scientific advancements relegated women to the home as arbiters of the spiritual while men occupied themselves with "rational" invention. Through close readings, she demonstrates how the Brontes, Gaskell, and Eliot resisted this division and, simultaneously, created a spiritual genre of writing traditionally denigrated by critics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book East Lynne By Mrs Henry Wood written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mrs Wood s Novels Dene Hollow 1882 written by Mrs. Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Shadow of Ashlydyat written by Henry Wood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadow of Ashlydyat, apart from the supernatural machinery which is introduced, is a clever story, but not free from the taint that sullies those just named. We can see no possible good, and much probable harm, to arise from the exhibition of such relations as those here depicted between George Godolphin and Charlotte Pain. Mrs. 'We' is capable of better things; we trust she will yet perform them, and that she will live to blot out the memory of the errors committed in the worst class of her novels by the abler and more ennobling books of a brighter future. If she would write better, she should write less, and should eschew every temptation to pander to a depraved appetite, and to purchase a present and unworthy popularity by the loss of a more enduring and nobler fame. --The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 63 [1864]
Download or read book The Wood written by Chelsea Bobulski and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanted wood poisoned at the roots. A girl bound by an inherited duty. And the lost traveler from another time who might help her uncover the truth. From debut author Chelsea Bobulski comes The Wood, a YA novel filled with dark mystery and atmospheric fantasy. Winter didn't ask to be the guardian of the wood, but when her dad inexplicably vanishes, she's the one who must protect travelers who accidentally slip through the wood's portals. The wood is poisoned, changing into something more sinister. Once brightly colored leaves are now bubbling inky black. Vicious creatures that live in the shadows are becoming bolder, torturing lost travelers. Winter must now put her trust in Henry—a young man from eighteenth century England who knows more than he should about the wood—in order to find the truth and those they've lost. Bobulski's beautiful and eerie young adult debut, is a haunting tale of friendship, family, and the responsibilities we choose and those we do not.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell written by Jill L. Matus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few decades Elizabeth Gaskell has become a figure of growing importance in the field of Victorian literary studies. She produced work of great variety and scope in the course of a highly successful writing career that lasted for about twenty years from the mid-1840s to her unexpected death in 1865. The essays in this Companion draw on recent advances in biographical and bibliographical studies of Gaskell and cover the range of her impressive and varied output as a writer of novels, biography, short stories, and letters. The volume, which features well-known scholars in the field of Gaskell studies, focuses throughout on her narrative versatility and her literary responses to the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations of her time. This Companion will be invaluable for students and scholars of Victorian literature, and includes a chronology and guide to further reading.
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories written by Michael Cox and published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of thirty-five English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era.
