Ladies of Horror: Two Centuries of Supernatural Stories by the Gentle Sex

by Seon Manley (Editor), Gogo Lewis (Editor)

Other authors: Gertrude Bacon (Contributor), Elizabeth Bowen (Contributor), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Mary Elizabeth Counselman (Contributor) — 9 more, Mary Wilkins Freeman (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Clemence Housman (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor), Virginia Layefsky (Contributor), Rose Macaulay (Contributor), Daphne du Maurier (Contributor), E. Nesbit (Contributor), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Contributor)

Series: Two Centuries by the Gentle Sex

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Manley, Seon	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Lewis, Gogo	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Bacon, Gertrude	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bowen, Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Christie, Agatha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Counselman, Mary Elizabeth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Freeman, Mary Wilkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Housman, Clemence	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Shirley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Layefsky, Virginia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Macaulay, Rose	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maurier, Daphne du	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nesbit, E.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Yellow Wallpaper [short fiction] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Man-Size in Marble [short fiction] by Edith Nesbit

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Contents:

Nineteenth Century

"The Making of a Monster" by Mary W. Shelley
"The Werewolf" by Clemence Housman
"The Wind in the Rose-Bush" by Mary Wilkins Freeman
"The Gorgon's Head" by Gertrude Bacon
"Man-Size in Marble" by E. Nesbit
"Eveline's Visitant" by Mrs. Braddon
"The Yellow Wall Paper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Twentieth Century

"Hand in Glove' by Elizabeth Bowen
"Whitewash" by Rose Macaulay
"The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier
"The Tree's Wife" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
"Moonlight, Starlight" by Virginia Layefsky
"The Lovely House" by Shirley Jackson
"The Last Seance" by Agatha Christie

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