The Black Spider - Jeremias Gotthelf Andy Sharp and the lady of a

and the lady of a house catches her servant spread out on the divan casually reading a classic

as well as the blatant splashes of color

and exaggerated horizons

as told by its death-defying

The Black Spider - Jeremias Gotthelf Andy Sharp and the lady of aThe Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf, translated by Susan Bernofsky ISBN 9781590176689 120 page paperback from New York Review of Books Classics *** An NYRB Classics Original "Gotthelf spins his horrifying tale patiently, serenely, with full confidence, it seems, that it will be strong enough to bear all the allegorical weight he can load on it. His confidence is justified. The Black Spider is scary as hell, and the evil it portrays with such