Elizabeth Gaskell 
A Dark Night’s Work 

“A dark night’s work”( a short fiction novel) was written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1863. Elizabeth Gaskell’s delight in the macabre is nowhere more evident than in her short fiction. This volume testifies to the extraordinary range of Gaskell’s art as a short story writer.’A Dark Night’s Work’ turns on concealed crime and a false accusation of murder. Elizabeth Gaskell shows us her great ability to turn any event simple and ordinary of ordinary life in a comedy, a tragedy or an horror story …