![]() ![]() Gaskell wrote her first novel, Strange Evil, when she was 14 years old. Liner notes from Harper's Bazaar read: "A book not to give your aunt". Young Adult vampire novel by the (then-23 year-old) extraordinarily gifted Jane Gaskell, set among Englands "Mod" set in the 1960's, generally considered brilliant and before-its-time, and said to have influenced a number of other authors of this genre, who have since become far better known. Ex-library copy with 'Academy Library Withdrawn from Stock" stamped in red on front pastedown. Very occasional light spotting, mostly in margins, but text is uncompromised and clear. Front hinge a little loose, but book holds together well. Two tiny staple holes both the front and back boards with spot of brown rust-stain, through to endpapers. ![]() Her first novel, Strange Evil, was written when she was 14-years-old (published two years later, in 1957). She is the great grandniece of the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. x 7.5 in., 128 p., Green cloth boards with darker green spine. Gaskell was born Jane Gaskell Denvil on 7 July 1941, in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England (previously in the county of Lancashire). ![]()
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