1. "At the End of the Passage" (Kipling, 1890)
5. Introduction to "Herself" (Braddon, 1894)
Introduction to “Herself” by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Editorial Team: Joshua Black, Olivia Gulick, Ellis Lucas, Claire Sullivan, Jordan Whitehead
Additional editing by Dr. Heidi L. Pennington
Note: This introduction contains spoilers for some story events in Braddon's "Herself."
4. Introduction to "The Skeleton" (Tagore, 1892)
Introduction to “The Skeleton” by Rabindranath Tagore (1892)
Editorial Team: Ella Jorgensen, Natalie Lopresti, Caroline McKeown, Lucy Saunders
Additional editing by Dr. Heidi L. Pennington
Note: This introduction contains spoilers for some story events in Tagore's "The Skeleton."
3. Introduction to "The Open Door" (Riddell, 1882)
Introduction to “The Open Door” by Charlotte Riddell (1882)
Editorial Team: Daria Ausen, Teagan Kolenbrander, Natalie Reitano, Caroline Woods
Additional editing by Dr. Heidi L. Pennington
2. Introduction to "The Old Nurse's Story" (Gaskell, 1852)
Introduction to “The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell (1852)
Editorial Team: Hannah Atkinson, Olivia Brightwell, Nicolette Fish, Jack Milman
Additional editing by Dr. Heidi L. Pennington
1. Introduction to "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" (Le Fanu, 1851)
Introduction to "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1851)
Editorial Team: Samantha Armstrong, Isabel Costa, and Samantha Johnson
Additional editing by Dr. Heidi L. Pennington
NOTE: This introduction contains spoilers to the story events that take place in Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s “An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street.”
Introduction to Shades of Meaning: A Haunted Victorians Anthology
Introduction
Shades of Meaning: A Haunted Victorians Anthology
Shades of Meaning: A Haunted Victorians Anthology
Welcome to Shades of Meaning, an anthology of haunted, ghostly, and ghastly tales from the Victorian period. In this edition you will find links to five Victorian ghost stories, complete with annotations, as well as accompanying elements such as editorial introductions and galleries of associated images for each narrative. These supplemental materials were collected and constructed by teams of editors composed of students in the undergraduate Victorian Literature course “Haunted Victorians” at James Madison University during the fall of 2024.