The Poor ClareElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Poor Clare
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Original author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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"The Poor Clare" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a gothic short story first serialized in 1856. A young lawyer recounts extraordinary events from his past involving Bridget FitzGerald, an Irish servant who loses everyone she loves. When a man kills her beloved dog, she calls down a terrible curse—unknowingly condemning her own granddaughter to be haunted by a demonic doppelganger. The lawyer must race to lift the curse before it destroys the young woman he loves.
The Poor Clare, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #2548.
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