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Elizabeth Gaskell

PART I It is a great thing for a lad when he is first turned into the independence of lodgings.  I do not think I ever was so satisfied and proud in my life as when, at seventeen, I sate down in ... 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