81 títulos para "Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell"

Cranford

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

The fictional town of Cranford is closely modeled after Knutsford in Cheshire England, which Elizabeth Gaskell knew well. This gentle, humorous, and witty book follows the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. A classic.

Sylvia's Lovers

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

The magic tale of three live interwoven by love, deceit, courage and sacrifice. A powerfully moving novel of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men, Sylvia's Lovers is set in the 1790s in an English seaside town. England is at war with France, and press-gangs wre...

Cranford

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Curious, If True

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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.

The Life of Charlotte Brontë - Volume 1

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Mary Barton

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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 the men in their lives. A classic novel about love and redemption.

Cranford

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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North and South

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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 between the rich and the working class. This serves as a backdrop for a conflicted love story. Ma...

The Life of Charlotte Brontë - Volume 2

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

The Moorland Cottage

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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.

Cranford

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Set in a small English town during the 19th century, Cranford depicts the lives of women, centering on the elderly, the widowed, and the unmarried. The social expectations and customs of Cranford are mostly enforced by three older women. Rowena Fowler is a wealthy woman who takes pride in her luxury...

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Originally published as a serial story, Wives and Daughters is told with an episodic narrative, following a young woman named Molly Gibson as she comes of age. Molly is the only child of a widowed doctor. Raised in an English provincial town, Mollys childhood is filled with trips to aristocratic ma...