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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... Read Full Overview

This collection assembles the best gothic ghost and horror stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the most renowned British writers of the 19th century, although (like Robert Aickman) she preferred to call them "strange stories" or "strange tales". The following haunting and highly... Read Full Overview

In "Gothic Tales", Elizabeth Gaskell, the eminent Victorian author, brings us nine chilling gothic stories. Collected here are tales that set a precedent for ghost and horror stories of the era. In "The Poor Clare" a young innocent girl named Lucy is haunted by an unrelenting... Read Full Overview