Gothic Tales - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura KranzlerSeries:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2001-02-01Pages:416
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437416ISBN-10:014043741XUPC:9780140437416Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Horror, Short Stories (single author)Size:7.78 x 5.06 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.62Product ID:SCT318JYGD
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 doppelg nger 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437416ISBN-10:014043741XUPC:9780140437416Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Horror, Short Stories (single author)Size:7.78 x 5.06 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.62Product ID:SCT318JYGD
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) wrote her first novel, MARY BARTON, in 1848 as a distraction from her sorrow at the death of her only son in infancy. It won the attention of Dickens and was followed by 5 other full-length novels as well as numerous short stories and novellas. Laura Kranzler has written on Mary Shelley and Virginia Woolf and has published a novel.
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