With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. '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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