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Lois the Witch" is a novel based on the Salem witch hunts. It depicts how jealousy and sexual desire can lead to hysteria. E. Gaskell was inspired by the story of Rebecca Nurse, accused of being a witch and executed after her trial.

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a well known British novelist at one of the peak eras for female writers in England. A novelist and short story writer at the height of the Victorian Era, Gaskell's novels weave a comprehensive, detailed image of the lives of all kinds of different... Read Full Overview

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell n e Stevenson (1810-1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Bront . Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the... Read Full Overview

Elizabeth Gaskell was a British author during the Victorian era, and her novels are notable for detailed descriptions of the different classes of society in 19th century Britain.

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Lois the Witch is a 1861 book by Elizabeth Gaskell. The book was published by Bernhard Tauchnitz in Leipzig. The story's protagonist Lois Barclay is raised in a parsonage in Barford, Warwickshire but as she becomes... Read Full Overview

Lois the WitchText translated from English.- Lois the Witch and Other Tales is a five-story collection written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1861. The book was published by Bernhard Tauschnitz in Leipzig. Five stories from the 1861 book are Louis the Witch, The Gray Woman, The Death... Read Full Overview

Fear of Satan becomes murder in the name of God. Newly orphaned, the God-fearing and heart-broken Lois is sent across the Atlantic to live with her uncle's family in Salem, but on her arrival she finds herself the object of cruel hostility, potent jealousy and mad desire. When... Read Full Overview

This book brings to the readers a Gothic treasure written by the author of the classic North and South.Lois the Witch, a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria.Newly orphaned, the God-fearing and heart-broken... Read Full Overview

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell n?e Stevenson (1810-1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Bront?. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the... Read Full Overview

This classic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell is a fictionalised account of the 1692 Salem witch trials.