Lois the Witch (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Elizabeth Gaskell; Jenny Uglow (foreword)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843910497 ISBN 13: 9781843910497

Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage that had been her home, and sail to America. A Godfearing and honest girl, she has little to fear in this new life. Yet as she joins her distant family, she finds jealousy and dissention are rife, and her cousins quick to point the finger at the 'impostor'. With the whole of Salem gripped by a fear of the supernatural, it seems her home is where she is in most danger. Lonely and afraid, the words of an old curse return to haunt her.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

Review:

'The book, though little, has power. It was written with a skilled hand adept at portraying what beats beneath our fears, beneath our dreams and wants. It also talks of human suffering, pain, love and death. Though short, 'Lois the Witch' is a beautiful Victorian novel, worth savouring for a few more hundred years.' --Linear Reflections

'Elizabeth Gaskell has produced a well-researched tale highlighting the religious bigotry and malicious superstition, which surrounded the Salem Witch Trials. A reading group wishing to indulge in a little known historical classic would find plenty to discuss in this story written one hundred and fifty years ago.' --The Directory

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843910497
• ISBN 13: 9781843910497
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112