Gothic Tales (Gaskell - Penguin ed.)

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

ISBN: 9780140437416

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. Whether darkly surreal, such as 'The Poor Clare', where an evil doppelgänger 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.