THE DRESSMAKER’S APPRENTICE AT WORK
There is an assize-town in one of the eastern counties
which was much distinguished by the Tudor Sovereigns,
and, in consequence of their favour and protectio...
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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...
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The English author Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) wrote sociological novels that explored the ills of industrial England and novels of small-town life that are penetrating studies of character.Elizabet...
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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...
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Upon hearing of the death of her friend Charlotte Brontë on 31 March 1855, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell wrote, "I loved her dearly, more than I think she knew. I shall never cease to be thankful th...
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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 ...
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American singer and actress (b. Jan. 12, 1928,
Portsmouth, Va.
—d. Nov. 17, 2006,
Las Vegas, Nev.
), earned the sobriquet "Miss Rhythm" while dominating the rhythm-and-blues charts througho...
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The 91-year-old daughter of Babe Ruth hopes the federal indictment of home run king Barry Bonds will allow people to focus on what's important: baseball."I feel bad for Bonds," Julia Ruth Stevens s...
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Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at...
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Reflecting her simple tastes, a plywood casket carried Ruth Bell Graham through the streets of her mountainside home Saturday as mourners gathered to remember the wife of evangelist Billy Graham.Ru...
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On a recent visit to Ruth and Billy Graham's beloved home in the western North Carolina mountains, her local pastor recalled, the world's most renowned evangelist fumbled the words to the 23rd Psal...
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When she agreed to marry Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham said she knew her life would "be lost in Bill's." For her generation, the pastor's wife was expected to work solely in service to her husband...
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As the San Francisco Giants opened a seven-game homestand Monday night (May 8) against the Houston Astros, Bonds stood just one blast short of Ruth’s career tally of 714 homers. Hank Aaron no...
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Ruth Graham retained her beauty even in death and surely "had a great reception in heaven," an ailing Billy Graham told mourners who gathered to remember his beloved wife."I wish you could look in ...
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Reflecting her simple tastes, a casket built of plywood carried Ruth Bell Graham through the streets of her mountainside home in the Blue Ridge range on Saturday as mourners gathered to remember th...
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Brown, Ruth
