Gothic Tales

Name: Gothic Tales
Brand: Penguin Random House UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9780241539668

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Kranzler

Narrator: Olivia Forrest

Unabridged: 16 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Published: 10/21/2021

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Gothic, Short Stories

Synopsis

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This Penguin Classic is performed by Olivia Forrest. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Laura Keanzler.

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 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.

© Laura Kranzler 2000 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. In 1832, she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters and one son who died in infancy. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848 and won the attention of Charles Dickens; most of her later work was published in his journals. Among her notable works are the novels North and South and Cranford, as well as her famous biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on October 27, 2021

Such a wonderful collection, with some real gems. My favourites are The Grey Woman and The Old Nurse's Story.......more

Goodreads review by Salma on February 07, 2009

Dickens once called her his 'darling Scheherazade,' so of course I had to check out Elizabeth Gaskell's "Gothic Tales." Overshadowed in today's literature classes by her contemporaries George Eliot and the Bronte sisters, Gaskell was a popular author in her time. This brilliant collection shows the......more

Goodreads review by Magrat on December 13, 2016

Me gustó muchísimo 'Curioso, de ser cierto' y 'La mujer gris'. 'La burja Lois' también me resultó interesante, pero los demás no me han dado mucho más.........more

Goodreads review by Ilana (illi69) on October 22, 2018

The Old Nurse's Story, about a beautiful ghost child intent on luring a warm-blooded child into the freezing nights on the moors; The Squire's Story, about a gentleman with a nebulous past who moves into a grand house and marries a local belle only to reveal a sordid secret; The Poor Clar......more

Goodreads review by Tina on July 18, 2022

Desapariciones: 3 estrellas La historia de la vieja niñera: 5 estrellas La historia del caballero: 3 estrellas La clarisa pobre: 4 estrellas La maldición de los Griffiths: 4 estrellas La bruja Lois: 5 estrellas La rama torcida: 4 estrellas Curioso, de ser cierto: 2 estrellas La mujer gris: 5 estrellas......more