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A review by robberbaroness
The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell
3.0
This is the sort of thing we think of when it comes to Victorian morality tales- a sin committed in the past, a young child-care worker who discovers it, a ghost begging to be let inside. It’s archetypal in a way. “I’m so cooooold, let me into your window….”
In this case, the past sin was a mother and child abandoned first by their husband and father, then by the family patriarch. It’s a sad backstory, and I never was entirely sure why there was a prohibition against playing with the little ghost girl or letting her inside- what threat did she pose? Yes, some people do end up dying, but that hardly seems her fault.
The Old Nurse’s story is soft and eerie and almost gentle in its way. In universe it’s being told to children, and you could probably still get away with that now, if you have children who are both attentive to old stories and just a touch morbid. Another Elizabeth Gaskell story is up next for Ghostcember, so let’s see if this mood continues!
In this case, the past sin was a mother and child abandoned first by their husband and father, then by the family patriarch. It’s a sad backstory, and I never was entirely sure why there was a prohibition against playing with the little ghost girl or letting her inside- what threat did she pose? Yes, some people do end up dying, but that hardly seems her fault.
The Old Nurse’s story is soft and eerie and almost gentle in its way. In universe it’s being told to children, and you could probably still get away with that now, if you have children who are both attentive to old stories and just a touch morbid. Another Elizabeth Gaskell story is up next for Ghostcember, so let’s see if this mood continues!