Project Gutenberg 2009-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 338 Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810 1865 Gaskell, E. C. (Elizabeth Cleghorn) Gaskell, Mrs. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Stevenson, Elizabeth Mills, Cotton Mather Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The Grey Woman and other Tales The 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. Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "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.) en Short stories England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 488269 488278 2024-09-12T09:59:31.597657 2023-09-12T13:02:22.561726 text/html text/html 488535 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 793451 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 863048 2024-09-12T09:59:39.238658 application/epub+zip 866541 2024-09-12T09:59:33.260699 application/epub+zip 252572 2024-09-12T09:59:32.271620 application/epub+zip 1054589 2024-09-12T09:59:43.957580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1031267 2024-09-12T09:59:38.212604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423267 2022-09-13T10:20:11.751010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466165 466065 2024-09-12T09:59:30.923680 2023-09-12T13:02:21.964740 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 466004 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 179543 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 466065 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 179460 2021-01-05T00:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21053 2024-09-12T09:59:44.103560 application/rdf+xml 15715 2024-09-12T09:59:32.628631 image/jpeg 3814 2024-09-12T09:59:32.447620 image/jpeg 851478 2024-09-12T09:59:31.657726 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia