Gothic Tales

Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Kranzler, Laura Kranzler , Laura Kranzler

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Penguin
14 September 2000

Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling tales of the supernatural

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.

By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Notes by: Laura Kranzler
Introduction by: Laura Kranzler
Edited by: Laura Kranzler
Volume editor: Julia Briggs
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9780140437416
ISBN 10: 014043741X
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 14 September 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.