The Poor Clare
Ebook
Overview
A lawyer’s search for a missing heir has him dealing with curses, demons, and nuns in this chilling gothic tale by the author of Mary Barton.
A London lawyer is hired to locate the rightful heir to a sizeable estate in Ireland. His search leads him to Bridget Fitzgerald, a lonely Catholic housekeeper with an affinity for magic. Then he meets a beautiful young woman named Lucy who lives a pious life on the moors. When the lawyer becomes smitten and proposes to her, he is refused. Lucy claims she is haunted by a demonic doppelganger hell-bent on ruining her. The lawyer doesn’t believe at first, but he soon will . . .
- Title: The Poor Clare
- Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Publisher: Open Road Media
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 69
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781504083362, 1504083369
- Resource ID: LLS:9781504083362
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-22T13:04:30Z
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was an English author and social activist best known for her novel North and South, a searing portrait of the industrial revolution and the tale of an unlikely romance between a beautiful and headstrong minister’s daughter and a combative mill owner.