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.
| ISBN: | 9780140437416 |
| Publication date: | 14th August 2000 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Shorter Reads Classic fiction: general and literary |
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.
Gothic Tales features in the following genres: Shorter Reads, Classic fiction: general and literary
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Gothic Tales was written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Gothic Tales has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series
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