Bliss, By Katherine Mansfield is one on the author’s earliest and greatest short stories. It was published in 1918 at a time when its themes of homoerotic longing could only be hinted at in the vaguest of terms. Born Katherine Beauchamp in New Zealand in 1888, At the age of 19, Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in England, where she became a friend of writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. In 1917, she was diagnosed with extrapulmonary tuberculosis, that claimed her life at age 34.

‘Ferdinand Eboli, a tale’  was first published in 1838 by Mary Shelley in a volume entitled The Keepsake for 1829. Mary Shelley is best known for her career defining novel Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This story comes from her large collection of lesser known short stories and is being broadcast on Radio Corca Baiscinn in the hopes that it will bring her less well known works to a wider audience. Mary Shelley is also well known for her close association with many of the most prominent literary figures of her age including her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, her father, the Novelist William Godwin and her mother was the early feminist writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.

‘The Sisters of Albano’ is a story by the celebrated nineteenth century writer Mary Shelley, who is best known for her career defining novel Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This story comes from her large collection of lesser known short stories and is being broadcast on Radio Corca Baiscinn in the hopes that it will bring a her less well known works to a wider audience. Mary Shelley is also well known for her close association with many of the most prominent literary figures of her age including her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, her father, the Novelist William Godwin and her mother was the early feminist writer and philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.

The Yellow Wallpaper, which is undoubtedly the author’s most renowned work, addresses issues of gender, suppression and mental health in an open and thought provoking manner, which was entirely revolutionary for it’s orginal 19th century audience.
These themes are interlaced with a chilling supernatural element which will stay with the listener long after the final word has been spoken.