The Poor Clare (short story)

"The Poor Clare"
Short story by Elizabeth Gaskell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreGothic ghost story
Publication
PublisherHousehold Words
Publication date13–27 December 1856 (serialized)

"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.