The Gray Woman

This collection includes nine stories in the genre of mysticism and horror by Elizabeth Gaskell, among which is the classic work of the Gothic genre of the 19th century «The Gray Woman». Ghosts haunting the living. Legendary witches and sorcerers of New England. Mysterious portraits and manuscripts, powerful curses, vengeful doubles, and strange disappearances... Charles Dickens, who himself willingly and talentfully created in the Gothic genre, admired Gaskell's stories. Some of them are serious, others are ironic. Some are unhurried and poetic, while others are genuinely frightening. However, all of them, without exception, feature an engaging plot and a sense of mystery that is very close to ordinary, everyday existence...