Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie,compelling effect.'Disappearances',inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings,mixes gossip and fact;'Lois the Witch',a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts,shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria; while in'The Old Nurse's Story'a mysterious child roams the freezing Northumberland moors. Whether darkly surreal,such as'The Poor Clare',where an evil doppelgnger is formed by a woman's bitter curse,or mischievous like'Curious,if True',a playful reworking of fairy tales,all the stories in this volume form a stark contrast to the social realism of Gaskell's novels,revealing a darker and more unsettling style of writing.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780140437416Number of pages: 416Weight: 287 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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