Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (born September 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, England—died November 12, 1865, near Alton, Hampshire) was an English novelist, short-story writer, and the first biographer of Charlotte Brontë. She was a daughter of a Unitarian minister.

2018年5月7日 · Elizabeth Gaskell (née Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson, September 29, 1810 – November 12, 1865) was a British author known for short stories and novels focusing on social classes. In literary circles and beyond, she was often referred to simply as “Mrs. Gaskell.”

Gaskell's early fame as a social novelist began with the 1848 publication of Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, in which she pricked the conscience of industrial England through her depiction and analysis of the working classes.

2018年9月5日 · Until late in the twentieth century, she was generally referred to as “Mrs. Gaskell,” the honorific suggesting a matronly respectability incompatible with desire for any man who wasn’t Mr ...

2010年9月29日 · I didn’t know anything about Mrs Gaskell until reading this post–now I will rush out and get one of her books and start reading it! She lived a noble and rich life–a woman’s life–and she is much to be admired.

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

Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess Mary Elizabeth Mohl at her home on the Rue de Bac in Paris. [1]

2023年11月9日 · In total, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote 8 novels, 1 biography, and countless short stories and even poems. She died of a heart attack in 1865 (aged 55). These are the most basic facts of her life, but when we dive deeper, we uncover all …

2016年1月4日 · Interesting facts from the life of Mrs Gaskell, Victorian novelist, author of North and South. 1. She wrote her first novel to console herself when she was grieving for the death of her son. The Gaskells’ only son Willie died of scarlet fever in 1845.