Round the Sofa
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The stories in Round the Sofa are as follows: * **Round the Sofa:** A group of friends gather to tell stories to each other. * **My Lady Ludlow:** A widowed aristocrat resists change and clings to the past. * **An Accursed Race:** An essay about a persecuted minority group, the Cagots in Western France. * **The Doom of the Griffiths:** A Gothic short story about a cursed family in Wales. * **Half a Life-Time Ago:** A novella set in the Wiltshire Dales. * **The Poor Clare:** A ghostly short story. * **The Half Brothers:** A sad short story about brotherly love and a sheep-dog named Lassie.Book Details
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell , often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian...
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