Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell "Eh, miss, but that be a rare young lady! She do have such pretty coaxing ways ..." Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he...

Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bront¿1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. This edition is based on the Third Edition of 1857, revised by Gaskell and collated with the manuscript and the...

'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...

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...

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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...

Reproduction of the original: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 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...

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...

"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...

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...