Elizabeth Gaskell - Libros y biografía

Die hübsche Ruth wächst im viktorianischen England als Einzelkind auf dem Bauernhof ihrer Eltern auf. Doch sie ist noch sehr jung, als sie verwaist und von einer strengen Damenschneiderin in die Lehre...

North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. With Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television...

When 19-year-old Paul Manning moves to the countryside, his cousin Phillis is thrown into turmoil and insecurity as she falls for the charms of Paul's sophisticated friend. Paul is dismayed when he discovers...

Newly orphaned Lois Barclay is forced to leave England and sail to America to join her only remaining distant family. Set in Salem against the hysteria of the witch trials, the honest and truthful Lois...

'Sylvia's Lovers' is a novel by English novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Gaskell, best-known for her novels ´North and South', 'Mary Barton', and 'Cranford'.Set in the 1790s in an English seaside...

Author Elizabeth Gaskell's first ever novel 'Mary Barton' was written as a means of distracting herself from her grief over the loss of her young son. Taking inspiration from Manchester, the industrial...

Elizabeth Gaskell's 'A Dark Night's Work' was first published in serial form in weekly magazine 'All The Year Round', which was edited by Charles Dickens. The lovely young Ellinor Wilkins appears to live...

Young Margaret Dawson has been taken in by her distant cousin Lady Ludlow, the Mistress of Hanbury Court. Though charitable and kind to Margaret, Lady Ludlow holds strict views about the lower classes...

The biography 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë' by her friend and contemporary Elizabeth Gaskell was first published in 1857 to great acclaim and remains a fascinating insight into the life of the 'Jane...

Miss Greatorex is invited to join a group of friends who meet weekly at Mrs Dawson's house. When Miss Greatorex asks to hear more about Mrs Dawson's cousin Lady Ludlow, the friends begin to swap stories,...

A gothic short story from the hugely popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, 'The Poor Clare' was first published as part of a serial in 'Household Words' a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens....

A tragic short story from much-loved Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, 'The Half-Brothers' is a tale of love and rejection. Unloved and spurned by his stepfather, Gregory is treated very differently...

'The Doom of the Griffiths' is a haunting short story by the acclaimed Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. A long-forgotten curse was placed upon the Griffiths family by the last native Prince of Wales,...

A collection of five short stories from popular Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. The collection includes the tales 'The Poor Clare', 'Lois the Witch', 'The Grey Woman' and 'The Old Nurse's Story' as...

A short essay by acclaimed Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell, 'An Accursed Race' is a study of the plight of the much-persecuted minority group the Cagots. In her essay, Gaskell explores the reasons...

Young orphan Ruth Hilton catches the eye of a dishonest and unscrupulous man, and when Ruth falls on hard times she is forced to turn to him for comfort and support. When he cruelly deserts her, Ruth...

First published in 1855 'Half a Lifetime Ago' by much-loved author Elizabeth Gaskell recounts the events which have befallen the now pessimistic and solitary Susan Dixon, shaping her personality and outlook...

Young Lizzie Leigh has fallen pregnant after moving to Manchester. Fearful of her father's reaction and consumed by guilt, Lizzie deserts her family, believing her disappearance to be for the best. Determined...

'The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales' is a collection of eleven short stories from the much-loved Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell. The title story follows the strange and supernatural happenings...

“A dark night’s work”( a short fiction novel) was written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1863. Elizabeth Gaskell's delight in the macabre is nowhere more evident than in her short fiction. This volume testifies...

“My Lady Ludlow” is a long novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1858.La storia descrive perfettamente la vecchia aristocrazia inglese. The story describes perfectly the old English aristocracy. The protagonist...

Most critics agree that Cousin Phillis is Gaskell's crowning achievement in the short novel. The story is uncomplicated; its virtues are in the manner of its development and telling. Cousin Phillis is...

"Morton Hall" (1853) is a story written by Elizabeth Gaskell, one of the leading representatives of British literature of the Victorian era. The book weaves together many different elements from the description...

“ My French master” is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1853. The British author is considered one of the most representative of the Victorian age.

Cranford is an episodic novel by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared in instalments in the magazine Household Words, then was published with minor revisions as a book with the title Cranford in...

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a...

“Bran” (Elizabeth Gaskell 1853):this ballad commemorates the great Battle of Kerloan fought in the tenth century. Kerloan is a small village a the coast of the country of Leon, one of the ancient divisions...

1691, Salem, New England: la diciassettenne Lois Barclay sbarca dalla Redemption, il vascello che l’ha portata dal Vecchio al Nuovo Mondo. Dietro di sé l’Inghilterra, il ricordo dei genitori e un amore;...

Elizabeth Gaskell is a prominent figure in Victorian literature. "Lois the witch" (1861) is a story from gloomy implications. Lois, was recently orphaned, is forced to leave the rectory where English...

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in Manchester between 1830 and 1840 and is responsible for the difficulties faced by the lower classes...