Amb una amable ironia, molt propera a la que trobem en certes obres de Jane Austen, Cranford ens presenta la vida quotidiana dun poblet anglès de la primera meitat del segle XIX. Novella divertida i captivadora sobre les trifulgues d...
«Per a un noi jove sempre és tot un esdeveniment instal·lar-se a viure pel seu compte. No crec que mai de la vida hagi estat tan cofoi com quan, a disset anys, em vaig asseure a lhabitació cantonera de dalt duna past...
Cousin Phillis (1864) is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was published in four parts, though a fifth and sixth part were planned. The story is about 19-year-old Paul Manning, who moves to the country and befriends his motherâs family...
My Lady Ludlow is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end. It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Countess of...
A Dark Nightâs Work is an 1863 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published serially in Charles Dickensâs magazine All the Year Round. The word "dark" was added to the original title by Dickens against...
North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times (1966, 1975 and 2004). The 2004 version renewed interest in the novel and attracted a...
The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. The first edition was published in 1857. A major source was the hundreds of letters sent by Brontë to her lifelong friend...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the...
The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. The first edition was published in 1857. A major source was the hundreds of letters sent by Brontë to her lifelong friend...
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. The novel begins in Manc...
Ruth is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853. Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the overworked Mrs. Mason. She is selected to go to a ball to repair torn dresses. At the ball she meets...
The Poor Clare is a short story by English Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell. First serialized in three installments in 1856 Charles Dickensâ popular magazine Household Words, The Poor Clare is a gothic ghost story about a young woman...