A Gothic haunting
A Gothic haunting
Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black is framed as Arthur Kipps’s attempt to record a traumatic experience from his youth. Sent to settle Mrs Drablow’s estate, he encounters Eel Marsh House and the ghost of Jennet Humfrye.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1.3.8 The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.