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Hand in Glove by Elizabeth Bowen

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In a fading Irish house, two sisters live with their reclusive aunt. Outwardly clever, even charming, they are burdened by secrecy, shabby finery, and a restless need to keep appearances intact. What follows is a tale of genteel decay, of objects that carry more weight than they should, and of a past that refuses to stay silent.

“Hand in Glove” first appeared in 1952 and has since been recognised as one of Elizabeth Bowen’s most disturbing short stories.

It is reprinted in her collection A Day in the Dark and in numerous anthologies of twentieth-century ghost stories.

Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, short story writer, and critic, celebrated for her precise psychological portraits and her haunting depictions of Anglo-Irish decline.

Her work includes ten novels, more than a hundred short stories, and some of the most accomplished supernatural fiction of the twentieth century.

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