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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