Grim Tales

"Grim Tales" by E. (Edith) Nesbit, is a collection of short stories from the late 1800s that blends romance, mystery, and the supernatural as normal people face strange happenings. The stories focus on the characters, showing their problems and eerie experiences in Victorian times. "The Ebony Frame" starts the book, telling about a man who gets a house after his Aunt Dorcas dies. He finds a beautiful picture of a woman in a fancy frame, and he is pulled into its mystery, he meets this woman in a very strange way. This beginning sets up the rest of the collection, promising interesting stories full of feelings, mystery, and a bit of the weird and unexplainable.