This century is crammed full of talents that showcase an enviable array of stories and genres.  Across a hundred years the short story develops, becomes yet more emboldened, more accessible to a wider audience as these female authors challenge the literary bastions.

In this compilation – 

1 – The Top Ten – 19th Century Women

2 – The Dream by Mary Shelley

3 – The Old Nurses Story by Elizabeth Gaskell

4 – The Lifted Veil by George Eliot

5 – The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards

6 – A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett

7 – A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman

8 – The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

9 – Désirée s Baby by Kate Chopin

10 – Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy

11 – Sould Belated by Edith Wharton