The Top 10 Short Stories - 19th Century Women

This century is crammed full of talents that showcase an enviable array of stories and genres. Across a hundred years the short story develops, becomes yet more emboldened, more accessible to a wider audience as these female authors challenge the literary bastions. 1 - The Top Ten - 19th Century Women 2 - The Dream by Mary Shelley 3 - The Old Nurses Story by Elizabeth Gaskell 4 - The Lifted Veil by George Eliot 5 - The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 6 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett 7 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman 8 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 9 - Désirée's Baby by Kate Chopin 10 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy 11 - Sould Belated by Edith Wharton