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.

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