# The Poor Clare

Author: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2548

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Poor+Clare+Gaskell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

December 12th, 1747.—My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or indeed, before I even knew of their existence. I suppose, most old men are, like me, more given to looking back upon their own career with a kind of fond interest and affectionate remembrance, than to watching the events—though these may have far more interest for the multitude—immediately passing before their eyes. If this should be the case with the generality of old people, how much more so with me! . . . If I am to enter upon that strange story connected with poor Lucy, I must begin a long way back. I myself onl...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poor-clare-2548/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poor-clare-2548/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-poor-clare-2548/chapters/1/index.md)