Gothic Tales

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014043741X
• ISBN13: 9780140437416
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher