The Poor Clare (short story)

The Poor Clare
AuthorElizabeth Gaskell
LanguageEnglish
GenreGothic ghost story
Publication date
13–27 December 1856 (serialized)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

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.