Gothic Tales
London : New York : Penguin, 2000.
Format: Book
Description: xxxvi, 366 pages ; 20 cm.
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 doppelgänger 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.
Series: Penguin classics.
Contents:
Disappearances -- The old nurse's story -- The squire's story -- The Poor Clare -- The doom of the Griffiths -- Lois the witch -- The crooked branch -- Curious, if true -- The grey woman.
ISBN:
014043741X
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Gaskell | Sandhills Indoors | Fiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.