The Poor Clare (short story)
| Author | Elizabeth Gaskell |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Gothic ghost story |
Publication date | 13–27 December 1856 (serialized) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Poor Clare is a short story by English Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell. First serialised in three installments in 1856 Charles Dickens' popular magazine Household Words, The Poor Clare is a gothic ghost story about a young woman unwittingly cursed by her own grandmother.