{"product_id":"gothic-tales-isbn-9780140437416","title":"Gothic Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eChilling tales that blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictorian author Elizabeth Gaskell combines historical incidents and otherworldly tales in this collection of classic Gothic stories. \"Disappearances,\" inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; while \"Lois the Witch,\" a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria. In \"The Old Nurse's Story,\" a mysterious child roams the freezing Northumberland moors; in \"The Poor Clare,\" an evil doppelgänger is formed by a woman's bitter curse; and \"Curious, if True,\" features a playful reworking of fairy tales. Whether darkly surreal or micheievous, 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\u003eLaura Kranzler's introduction discusses how Gaskell's tales, with their ghostly doublings and transgressive passions, show the Gothic underside of female identity, domestic relations and male authority. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading and explanatory notes.\u003ci\u003eEdited by Laura Kranzler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eNote on the Texts\u003cbr\u003eDisappearances\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Nurse's Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Squire's Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Poor Clare\u003cbr\u003eThe Doom of the Griffiths\u003cbr\u003eLois the Witch\u003cbr\u003eThe Crooked Branch\u003cbr\u003eCurious, if True\u003cbr\u003eThe Grey Woman\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) wrote her first novel, MARY BARTON, in 1848 as a distraction from her sorrow at the death of her only son in infancy.  It won the attention of Dickens and was followed by 5 other full-length novels as well as numerous short stories and novellas.   Laura Kranzler has written on Mary Shelley and Virginia Woolf and has published a novel.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303318999269,"sku":"NP9780140437416","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140437416.jpg?v=1767728392","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gothic-tales-isbn-9780140437416","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}