Stories for Lovers

Fall head over heels with this collection of unconventional and heartfelt romances that will leave you longing for more. From icons of feminist literature to forgotten Chinese modernists, these women writers chart evolutions of love across lifetimes, from the first flush of youth to growing old together. This new anthology gathers the talents of Margaret Atwood, Virginia Woolf, Amy Bloom, E. M. Delafield, Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Lavin, Ling Shuhua, Jessamyn West and Carol Shields. This anthology brings together forgotten and celebrated female masters of the short story format. In the spirit of the Women Writers series, these stories first appeared in books and periodicals published in the twentieth century. The result is a carefully curated collection of stories that sketch evolving understandings of love and female agency, as their heroines navigate romance and commitment, idealism and realism, innocence and experience.