20 this select anthology spans 200 years of Anglo-Irish literature, by women writers ranging from the age of Romanticism to the modern era. Its short stories recount episodes of direst tragedy and triumphant heroism, offering a remarkable depth of experience. Rich in the splendors of Gothic fiction, the tales abound and family, curses and haunted manners, melodramatic acts of wild passion and frequent visitations by ghosts and other supernatural creatures.