Both the Old Nurse's Story and The Wharf are powerful and disturbing stories, but they achieve many of their effects in very different ways. Compare and contrast the key features of the stories, one c.20th and one pre c.20th.

... Shameen Belone 11z Both the Old Nurse's Story and The Wharf are powerful and disturbing stories, but they achieve many of their effects in very different ways. Compare and contrast the key features of the stories, one c.20th and one pre c.20th. The Old Nurse's Story was written in the pre-20th century Victorian era, whilst The Wharf was written in the 20th century. Both The Old Nurse's Story and The Wharf can be classified under the horror and suspense genre, but The Old Nurse's Story is more of a ghost story than The Wharf. The Old Nurse's Story introduces readers to the idea of life after death. The characters of Hester and Lord Furnival introduce readers to the suggestion of deceased relation passing into the mortal realm and walking the Earth. To the deeply religious Victorian readers, this idea will have been a strange and disturbing initiative, whilst being engagingly fascinating. The

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