Gothic Tales
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About This Book
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 doppelganger 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.
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Sign InEnglish Horror talesFiction, horrorFiction, short stories (single author)Short story collectionsEnglishIrishScottish fiction & literature classicsScottish& welsh fictionLiterary styles & movements - fictionGothic revival (Literature)
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Book Details
First Published
2000
Pages
366 pages
Rating
3.5 / 5
Ratings
2
Editions
3
Publisher
Penguin Group UK
Language
ENG
Status
Published
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