Elizabeth Gaskell - Libros y biografía

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...

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...

'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...

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...

'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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 touching portrait of a complicated family, Gaskell expertly confronts the mores and social problems faced by Victorian women while highlighting their strength and grace.

The story is about Paul Manning, a youth of seventeen who moves to the country and befriends his mother's family and his (second) cousin Phillis Holman, who is confused by her own placement at the edge...

Ruth is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a fallen woman in Victorian times. Ruth Hilton is an young orphaned seamstress who is seduced and then abandoned by gentleman Henry Bellingham. Ruth,...

Elizabeth Gaskell uses her novel Mary Barton to compare and contrast the rich and the working class. She links the plight of the working class to that of the plight of Victorian women at the hands of...

North and South is a novel that exposed Victorian inequalities. Margaret Hale, a woman from the South of England, moves to the industrialized North of England where she is shocked by the huge inequalities...

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new step-sister enters...

Here is a collection of five spooky Victorian stories by Elizabeth Gaskell. Included are The Old Nurse's Story, The Poor Clare, Lois the Witch, The Grey Woman, and Curious, if True.

Mary Smith and her friends live in Cranford, a town predominantly inhabited by women. The return of a long-lost brother named Peter is the most dramatic event to occur over the course of the sixteen tales...

Orpheline, la jeune et naïve Ruth est placée dans l'atelier de couture de Mrs Mason. Lors d'un bal, elle rencontre Henry Bellingham, un fils de bonne famille, avec qui elle noue bientôt une belle amitié,...

Upon their arrival in the fictional town of Milton from their comfortable life in the rural South, Margaret Hale and her parents are struck by the harsh reality of the industrial revolution. When Margaret...

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One of literature's greatest romances, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is both an incisive social commentary and an electric portrayal of all-conquering love.This edition features an afterword by...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘“I'll not listen to reason,” she said, now in full possession of her voice, which had been rather choked with...

Ce roman d’amour sur fond de scandales et d’intrigues se déroule dans l’Angleterre rurale de la fin des années 1820. Molly Gibson, 17 ans, vit dans la campagne anglaise avec son père médecin qui l’a élevée...

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...

Roman traduit de l'anglais, préfacé et annoté par : Françoise du Sorbier.C’est le choc de deux Angleterre que le roman nous invite à découvrir : le Sud, paisible, rural et conservateur, et le Nord, industriel,...