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A review by itsmeashleygee
Lois the Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell
3.0
This felt more like a treatment of the psychology behind the Salem Witch Trials than a fully formed novella, but still an intriguing and interesting read. The characters are definitely meant to represent types and are not fully formed or developed, but Gaskell provides an insightful look into the internal motivations and paranoias surrounding the trials.
Gaskell’s narrator speaks directly to her contemporary audience at several points in the novella, which can lead to a feeling that the narrator thinks something like the witch trials couldn’t be possible again in her time. This was my major complaint with the book, that the past felt too cleaved from the present.
Gaskell’s narrator speaks directly to her contemporary audience at several points in the novella, which can lead to a feeling that the narrator thinks something like the witch trials couldn’t be possible again in her time. This was my major complaint with the book, that the past felt too cleaved from the present.