The Old Nurse's Story

Nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihrer Eltern wird die kleine Miss Rosamond auf Geheiß ihres Vormunds, Lord Furnivall, in ein einsames Manor House in Northumberland gebracht, wo eine greise Tante des Lords mit nur wenigen Bediensteten lebt. Zusammen mit ihrem Kindermädchen Hester erkundet Rosamond anfangs fröhlich Haus und Umgebung. Doch dann geschehen seltsame Dinge : In Sturmnächten tönt geisterhaftes Orgelspiel durchs Gebäude, und eines Winterabends wird Rosamond von einem gespenstischem Kind auf die eisigen Fells hinaufgelockt. Furnivall Manor, so erfährt die wackere Hester, birgt ein düsteres Geheimnis .

'Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upon the window-glass...' A phantom child roams the Northumberland moors, while a host of fairytale characters gone to seed gather in the dark, dark woods in these two surprising tales of the uncanny from the great Victorian novelist. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Gaskell's works available in Penguin Classics are Cranford , Cranford and Cousin Phillis , Gothic Tales , Mary Barton , North and South , Ruth , Sylvia's Lovers , The Life of Charlotte Bronte and Wives and Daughters.

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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865). Gaskell's works available in Penguin Classics are **Cranford, Cranford and Cousin Phillis, Gothic Tales, Mary Barton, North and South, Ruth, Sylvia's Lovers, The Life of Charlotte Brontë and Wives and Daughters.

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Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

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A phantom child roams the Northumberland moors, while a host of fairytale characters gone to seed gather in the dark, dark woods...