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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful collection.
Wonderful collection of an eclectic mix of women authors.A few of the stories I have read before like The Yellow Wallpaper-who hasn't?But for the most part I have not read the vast majority of the stories in this book. The stories are interesting and speak of women issues.The prose is elegant and lyrical for some of the stories.This is definitely a keeper. For...
Published 20 months ago by Patti J. Phillips
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Good Collection
This is a fairly good collection that focuses as much on horror as the supernatural.Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"(included in this volume)leans more to the latter, but notable stories from this book include macabre tales by Hortense Calisher, Shirely Jackson,Rosemary Timperley, and Mary Danby. Tanith Lee's "Simon's Wife," is skillful, as is Ellen...
Published on April 12, 2005 by DM
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Collection,
By DM (Ottawa Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Haunting Women (Paperback)
This is a fairly good collection that focuses as much on horror as the supernatural.Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"(included in this volume)leans more to the latter, but notable stories from this book include macabre tales by Hortense Calisher, Shirely Jackson,Rosemary Timperley, and Mary Danby. Tanith Lee's "Simon's Wife," is skillful, as is Ellen Glasgow's "The Shadowy Third"(a story found in other similar collections). This book provides a solid, and feminine, insight into the netherworld.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful collection.,
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This review is from: Haunting Women (Paperback)
Wonderful collection of an eclectic mix of women authors.A few of the stories I have read before like The Yellow Wallpaper-who hasn't?But for the most part I have not read the vast majority of the stories in this book.
The stories are interesting and speak of women issues.The prose is elegant and lyrical for some of the stories.This is definitely a keeper. For another wonderful woman's anthology look for What Did Miss Darrington See? |
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Haunting Women by Alan Ryan (Paperback - Oct. 1988)
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