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Curious, if True
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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CURIOUS, IF TRUE: Strange Tales is a collection of five dark Victorian tales of suspense, horror, mood and mystery by Elizabeth Gaskell. Includes "The Old Nurse's Story," "The Poor Clare," "Lois The Witch," "The Grey Woman," and "Curious, If True."
CURIOUS, IF TRUE: Strange Tales is a collection of five dark Victorian tales of suspense, horror, mood and mystery by Elizabeth Gaskell. Includes "The Old Nurse's Story," "The Poor Clare," "Lois The Witch," "The Grey Woman," and "Curious, If True."
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Community Reviews
Curioso, se fosse vero" è un racconto scritto in forma anonima nel 1860, la presente traduzione, ad opera di @bookcloudgazer e pubblicata da @caravaggioeditore, si rifà ad un testo del 1865.
Richard Wittingham, un gentiluomo inglese, si reca in Francia per condurre delle ricerche sui suoi antenati q
ENGLISH: The first two of the five short stories in this collection are also in the collection titled "The grey woman," precisely those in both titles. Two of the stories ("Curious if true" and "Lois the witch") are also in the Cranford collection I have.
"Curious if true" is a strange short story ab
I am giving this collection of stories only three stars. There were some good stories and some OK stories.
One of the OK stories was "Lois The Witch". It was set during the Salem witch trials. Gaskell could have made that story better.
I did enjoy "The Old Nurse's Tale". That story is wonderful on a
This book was recommended to me because of an interest in re-told Victorian Fairy Tales. It literally kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I read the book on the train from Williamsburg to Philly, and after approximately 7 hours of train riding, I did not want the train to stop because I s
Yeah, these are Victorian "scary" stories. Interesting to get perspective on what was creepy then versus what is creepy now. Three are a little creepy, the fourth more a morality tale. I would only recommend this to those into Victorian lit, and within that subset, those who like that style of gothi
Terus terang, ketimbang Jane Austen dan Charlotte Bronte, aku lebih kagum dengan Mrs. Gaskell ini (☆ω☆)
Ngarang kisah tentang penduduk kota kecil yang kocak...bisa!
Bikin kisah romance berlatar revolusi industri dan demo buruh...juga oke!
Dan kali ini, aku bersyukur dapat mencicipi kisah horor karya be