Gothic Tales
| Author | : Elizabeth Gaskell |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2000-08-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780141904948 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0141904941 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (941 Downloads) |
Download or read book Gothic Tales written by Elizabeth Gaskell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-08-14 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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