Gothic Tales - Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskells 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 Nurses Story' A Mysterious Child Roams The Freezing Northumberland Moors. Whether Darkly Surreal, Such As 'the Poor Clare', Where An Evil Doppelgnger Is Formed By A Womans 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 Gaskells Novels, Revealing A Darker And More Unsettling Style Of Writing.