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Elizabeth Gaskell

The Tales of Mystery and Macab re

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ISBN: 9781840220957
Autorius : Elizabeth Gaskell
Leidimo metai: 2008
Leidėjas: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Puslapių skaičius: 320
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Minkšti viršeliai
Aprašymas
'In the great mirror opposite I saw myself, and right behind, another wicked fearful self, so like me my soul seemed to quiver within me, as though not knowing to which similitude of body it belonged'.

Elizabeth Gaskell is better known today for her pioneering social novels such as Mary Barton (1848) but she also wrote some fascinating tales of the supernatural and the macabre, which are collected here in this volume. The real charm of this dark anthology is its variety. Unlike so many writers of this kind of material, Gaskell allows the story to fit the style rather than the other way around and as result there is a charming freshness to each tale.

This remarkable author uses different voices, tones and topics to engage her readers and as you turn from one story to the next you cannot be quite sure what to expect.

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