This eclectic collection celebrates long-neglected short fiction by great women writers best known for their novels. Highlights include Jane Austen’s The Watsons, thought by many to be a study for her classic novel Emma; Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Half-Brothers, a heartbreaking account of two brothers who go missing in the Cumbrian mountains; and The Red Room, a little-known gothic horror story from L. M. Montgomery, the creator of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series.

This eclectic collection celebrates long-neglected short fiction by great women writers best known for their novels. Highlights include Jane Austen’s The Watsons, thought by many to be a study for her classic novel Emma; Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Half-Brothers, a heartbreaking account of two brothers who go missing in the Cumbrian mountains; and The Red Room, a little-known gothic horror story from L. M. Montgomery, the creator of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series.