by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Author)

This collection assembles the best gothic ghost and horror stories by Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the most renowned British writers of the 19th century, although (like Robert Aickman) she preferred to call them "strange stories" or "strange tales". The following haunting and highly atmospheric pieces are included: - The Old Nurse's Story - The Poor Clare - Louis the Witch - The Grey Woman - Curious, If True