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Lois the Witch (book)

  • Type: Novella
  • Length: 124 pages

Lois the Witch is a short novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell. - AsNotedIn

In the year 1691, Lois Barclay stood on a little wooden pier, steadying herself on the stable land, in much the same manner as, eight or nine weeks ago, she had tried to steady herself on the deck of the rocking ship which had carried her across from Old to New England.




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  • Church Of St Peter, Barford there rose, the little village church of Barford (not three miles from Warwick-you may see it yet), where her father had preached ever since 1661, long before she was born.
  • Long Wharf and Customhouse Block, Boston How could Lois help thinking of the past, and speculating on the future, as she sat on Boston pier, at this breathing-time of her life?
  • Salem, MA, Massachusetts There was a basket of provisions under their feet, and behind them hung a bag of provender for the horse, for it was a good day's journey to Salem, and the road was reputed so dangerous that it was ill tarrying a minute longer than necessary.
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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1859/10/00 Elizabeth Gaskell Author Elizabeth Gaskell's "Lois the Witch" appears in first of three parts in the weekly "All the Year Round" edited by Charles Dickens.
1859/10/00 All the Year Round Publisher Elizabeth Gaskell's "Lois the Witch" appears in first of three parts in the weekly "All the Year Round" edited by Charles Dickens.

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Particulars for Lois the Witch (book):
Narrative Arts Factual concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts Gothic Fiction genre of decaying settings, medieval locales with dark atmosphere of isolation, mystery and terror
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Art Type Novella a short novel of at least 40,000 words
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Narrative Arts Speculative Fiction a genre of fiction that encompasses works in which the setting is other than the real world, involving supernatural, futuristic, or other imagined elements
Paranormal Supernatural manifestation or event attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature
Folklore Witchcraft

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Original Language: English



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