{"product_id":"gothic-tales-elizabeth-cleghorn-gaskell-9780140437416","title":"Gothic Tales","description":"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 as 'The Poor Clare', where an evil doppelg nger 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Gaskell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014043741X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140437416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.06w x 0.77d","brand":"Elizabeth Gaskell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988804796671,"sku":"9780140437416","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94a5f2e3-4889-4b02-9b60-3da9ff0f1862.jpg?v=1683296495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gothic-tales-elizabeth-cleghorn-gaskell-9780140437416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}