Gothic Tales

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect, and form a stark contrast to the social realism of Gaskell's novels, revealing a darker and more unsettling style of writing.

An account of the Salem witch hunts shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria; a mysterious child roams the freezing Northumberland moors; and an evil doppelganger is formed by a woman's bitter curse.

Publisher: Penguin

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