Elizabeth Gaskell: 328 books

Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. Gaskell was a friend of Charlotte Brontë, and, having been invited to write the official life, determined both to tell the truth and to honour her friend. She contacted...

North and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. The title indicates a major theme of the book: the contrast...

Dopo la morte di Charlotte Brontë, nel 1855, suo padre esorta Elizabeth Gaskell, già acclamata autrice di Cranford, a scrivere la biografia della figlia. Elizabeth, che era stata una cara amica di Charlotte, parte così sulle tracce di quanti l’avevano conosciuta viaggiando a lungo in Inghilterra...

Publiée en feuilleton dans The Cornhill Magazine, de novembre 1863 à février 1864, cette longue nouvelle permit sans doute à Elizabeth Gaskell de reprendre un peu son souffle littéraire entre les deux très longs romans que sont Sylvia’s Lovers (1863), une tragique histoire d’amour et de...

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ne Stevenson (1810-1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Bront. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of...

“The Shah’s English Gardener” is a short dark novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, the writer of the Victorian age.

'A man ... is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. Undaunted by poverty, but dismayed by changes brought by the railway and...

Le Héros du fossoyeur Elizabeth Gaskell, romancière britannique (1810-1865) Ce livre numérique présente «Le Héros du fossoyeur», de Elizabeth Gaskell, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet...

“ The Well of Pen-Morfa” (1850) is a short dark novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, the writer of the Victorian age.

“The heart of John Middleton “ is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1850.

The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many...

“The squire’s story”(1855) is a short dark ,gothic and mysterious story written by Elizabeth Gaskell, the Victorian writer…

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (29 September 1810 — 12 November 1865) was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.

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