The Mysteries of the In-Between

Abstract

Drawing on example of late Victorian supernatural tales by E. Nesbit, this article reconsiders function of disability in fin-de-siecle gothic narratives. It argues that late nineteenth-century gothic, long viewed as repository of so much of what audiences have thought of as shameful and monstrous, should also be credited with attempting to remove this stigma—or, at least, some limitations. As we see through a study of Nesbit's work, Man-Size in Marble (1893), Uncle Abraham's Romance (1893), and The Mystery of Semi-Detached (1893), her late Victorian gothic even used its narrative resources in service of social intervention, to affirm erotic and romantic power of the disabled.

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