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The Poor Clare is a short story by English Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell. First serialised in three installments in 1856 Charles Dickens' popular magazine Household Words, The Poor Clare is a gothic ghost story about a young woman unwittingly cursed by her own grandmother.
- United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- 13–27 December 1856 (serialized)
- Gothic ghost story
21 de abr. de 2000 · by Elizabeth Gaskell. CHAPTER I. December 12th, 1747.—My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or indeed, before I even knew of their existence.
The story is narrated by an unnamed lawyer, who finds himself involved in ‘extraordinary events’ of a decidedly uncanny flavour. Employed to track down the rightful heir to a sizeable estate, he tracks down a strange old Irish woman, Bridget Fitzgerald, whose fervour for Catholicism is matched with a proclivity for meddling with magic.
The Poor Clare is one of her Gothic tales, the story of Bridget Fitzgerald, who unwittingly puts a curse on her own estranged daughter and the granddaughter she did not know existed. When she discovers that the curse has fallen on her own kin, Bridget submits herself to the rituals of an obscure religious sect, hoping to lift the curse.
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1 de mar. de 2001 · The Poor Clare Credits: David Price, Audrey Emmitt and Eugenia Corbo Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Subject: Horror tales, English Category: Text: EBook-No. 2548: Release Date: Mar 1, 2001: Most Recently Updated ...
The Poor Clare (short The Poor Clare is a short story by English Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell. First serialised in three installments in 1856 Charles Dickens' popular magazine Household Words, The Poor Clare is a gothic ghost story about a young woman unwittingly cursed by her own grandmother.
Short story from the English novelist and short story writer, whose writings can be seen as critiques of Victorian era attitudes, particularly those toward women, with complex narratives and dynamic women characters.
