Through the story of Margaret Hale, the middle-class southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skilfully explores issues of class and gender in the conflict between Margaret's ready sympathy with the workers...

'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?'Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters...

A romantic story with descriptions of working people and their lives, as the author encountered them in northern mills. Despite this grim setting, the book has the power to involve the reader in the lives of Elizabeth Gaskell's...

Mary Barton von Gaskell, Elizabeth

"Das Leben der Charlotte Bronte" ist eine Biografie, die von Elizabeth Gaskell geschrieben wurde. Das Buch zeichnet das Leben und die Karriere der berühmten britischen Autorin Charlotte Bronte nach, beginnend mit ihrer Kindheit in einer...

Reproduction of the original: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell von Gaskell, Elizabeth

"Das Leben der Charlotte Brontë" ist eine Biographie, die von Elizabeth Gaskell geschrieben wurde. Es erzählt das Leben von Charlotte Brontë, einer der bekanntesten britischen Autorinnen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch beginnt mit...

Elizabeth Gaskell's portrait of kindness, compassion, and hopeCranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village - their petty snobberies, appetite for gossip, and loyal support for each other in times of...

"North and South" ist ein bedeutendes Werk der britischen Autorin Elizabeth Gaskell und erzählt die Geschichte von Margaret Hale, einer jungen Frau aus dem Süden Englands, die gezwungen ist, in den industriellen Norden zu ziehen. Sie hat...

This Norton Critical Edition of Gaskell's first novel is based on the 1854 Fifth Edition, the last edition corrected by the author. "Contexts" includes letters related to Mary Barton's publication as well as Gaskell's reaction to her...

Ruth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by her simplicity and beauty. When she loses her job and home, he offers her comfort and shelter, only to cruelly desert...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon...