A House to Let Summary
Elizabeth Gaskell

OVER THE WAY I had been living at Tunbridge Wells and nowhere else, going on for ten years, when my medical man—­very clever in his profession, and the prettiest player I ever saw in my life... Read more

Biography EssayA recent review of Mrs. Gaskell's critical reputation divided her critics into three camps. One group, now fading, still treats her mainly as the author of Cranford (1853). A second em... Read more

A recent review of Mrs. Gaskell's critical reputation divided her critics into three camps. One group, now fading, still treats her mainly as the author of Cranford (1853). A second emphasizes her "so... Read more

For some critics Elizabeth Gaskell was a conventional, middle-class Victorian wife and mother who accepted the values of her world and who also happened to write books--a feminine dove among literary ... Read more