Mary Barton, a Tale of Manchester Life
Author : Elisabeth-Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 1849
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Author : Elisabeth-Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 1849
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Author : Elizabeth Gaskell
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1849
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Author : Jill L. Matus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139827499
In the last few decades Elizabeth Gaskell has become a figure of growing importance in the field of Victorian literary studies. She produced work of great variety and scope in the course of a highly successful writing career that lasted for about twenty years from the mid-1840s to her unexpected death in 1865. The essays in this Companion draw on recent advances in biographical and bibliographical studies of Gaskell and cover the range of her impressive and varied output as a writer of novels, biography, short stories, and letters. The volume, which features well-known scholars in the field of Gaskell studies, focuses throughout on her narrative versatility and her literary responses to the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations of her time. This Companion will be invaluable for students and scholars of Victorian literature, and includes a chronology and guide to further reading.
Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 2019-09-06
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ISBN : 9781691375806
Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. It is subtitled "A Tale of Manchester Life".
Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 1866
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Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2017-08-21
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ISBN : 9781975633912
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Gaskell was also the first to write a biography of Charlotte Bronte, The Life of Charlotte Bronte, which was published in 1857. In this book: North and South Wives and Daughters Cranford
Author : Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1775453987
Looking for an engaging and emotionally resonant read from a novelist who was inspired by the works of both Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte? Elizabeth Gaskell's 1850 short novel The Moorland Cottage offers up a unflinching slice of nineteenth-century family life, with a particular focus on family dynamics in an era where sons were openly favored.
Author : Lynn Buckle
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,60 MB
Release : 2024-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838059286
Sharing stories of myths, legends and ancient bogs, a deaf child and her grandmother experiment with the lyrical beauty of sign language. Learning to communicate through their shared love of trees they find solace in the shapes and susurrations of leaves in the wind. A poignant tale of family bonding and the quiet acceptance of change. What Willow Says was the winner of the Barbellion Prize 2021
Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Page : 4 pages
File Size : 36,68 MB
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : England, Northern
ISBN : 9781904605836
Mary Barton: "...tells the story of our heroine, who is torn between two lovers. She is also divided between loyalty to her family and social justice, when false accusations lead to the condemnation of an innocent man. Dramatic and romantic; a tale of desperation, tragedy, and optimism in the face of adversity."--container.
Author : Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0199656738
Sylvia is a heroine loved by two men of completely different types. The novel follows her development from a wilful, imaginative, but not especially clever girl, to an alert woman who has been matured by her suffering.