english fiction

Presents a study of British detective fiction with female protagonists written by women, looking at the work of six well-established authors, as well as several new to the field, and following the evolution of female sleuths from the 1960s to the early twenty-first century.

Contains biographical sketches and career analyses of 104 of the best-known and most studied English, Scottish, and Irish writers of long fiction from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries.

Contains chronological, detailed accounts of some 750 novels written in English, including plot summaries, critical assessments, and more.

Contains author biographies, critical analyses, plot summaries, and bibliographies for English novels from the late 1800s through the mid-1900s.

An anthology of short stories by thirty-four contemporary British writers.

Presents three classic horror novels including "Frankenstein," "Dracula," and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.".

Contains fourteen critical essays in which contributors examine various aspects of the Victorian novel, discussing authors, feminine heroines, sexuality, class and money, and other topics, and including a chronology and bibliography.