At a mill on the Neckar near Heidelberg, a visitor is shown the portrait of a woman whose hair turned grey and hears her story: a miller’s daughter married to a charming nobleman who turns out to be something terrible. The title tale is joined by Curious If True, Six Weeks at Heppenheim, Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras, Christmas Storms and Sunshine and others.
Gaskell’s gift for suspense and for ordinary lives side by side, from the author of Cranford and North and South. Download the free EPUB.