Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 
Curious, If True: Strange Tales 

Curious, If True: Strange Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell – In these short stories, never previously published together, Mrs Gaskell (1810-1865) unleashes her fascination with the macabre and uncanny. These short fictions provide outlets for a strange and powerful imagination.Strange Tales is a Marvel Comics anthology series. The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their debuts in Strange Tales. It was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the groundbreaking work of writer-artist Jim Steranko. Two previous, unrelated magazines also bore that title.

Circa l’autore

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.