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100 1 _aGaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,
_d1810-1865
245 1 4 _aThe Grey Woman and other Tales
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-04-29
505 0 _aThe grey woman -- Curious if true -- Six weeks at Heppenheim -- Libbie Marsh's three eras -- Christmas storms and sunshine -- Hand and heart -- Bessy's troubles at home -- Disappearances.
508 _aProduced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net
520 _a"The Grey Woman and Other Tales" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a collection of short stories written in the mid-19th century. The opening tale, "The Grey Woman," introduces readers to themes of social expectation, personal torment, and the struggle for autonomy, as it follows Anna Scherer, a woman that has endured a troubled past marked by fear and dominance from others. This story sets a tone that melds the mundane with the extraordinary, hinting at deeper psychological and social conflicts. At the start of "The Grey Woman," we witness a summer storm interrupting a tranquil gathering at a mill by the Neckar river, where miller Scherer welcomes guests into his home. Among them is the protagonist, who learns about a beautiful, tragic figure in the family’s past—her great-aunt Anna, who lost her color through fright and became known as the Grey Woman. The opening section captures Anna's oppressive domestic life and the looming threat of her husband, M. de la Tourelle, who harbors dark intentions. As Anna navigates with her confidante Amante, the reader senses tension as she subtly prepares for an escape from an oppressive marriage dictated by secrets, jealousy, and terror, thus setting the stage for a gripping narrative of survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
653 _aEngland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112002112610&seq=9
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28636
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