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 The complete online text of Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell.
 
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Elizabeth Gaskell | | Birth Date: |
September 29, 1810 | | Death Date: |
November 12, 1865 | | Nationality: |
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 Biography of Elizabeth Gaskell
426 words, approx. 1.4 pages
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. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson was born on Sept. 29, 1810. Her... summary from source:
Biography of Elizabeth Gaskell
7669 words, approx. 25.6 pages
 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 "social-problem" novels but insists that they be regarded... summary from source:
 Biography of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
7343 words, approx. 24.5 pages
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 eagles Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot, to borr...
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663 words, approx. 2 pages
Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick...
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 The Spectator Wives And Daughters: Women And Children In The Georgian Country House
08/21/2004: 645 words, approx. 2 pages Health, money, recipes and gossip WIVES AND DAUGHTERS: WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSE by Joanna Martin Hambledon & London, £19.95, pp. 454, ISBN 1852852712 £17.95 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848 In 1799 Susan O'Brien underwent an operation for breast... summary from source:
Frontiers Latinegras: Desired Women - Undesirable Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, and Wives
01/01/2001: 7,042 words, approx. 24 pages Latinegras are Latinas of obvious black ancestry and undeniable ties to Africa, women whose ancestral mothers were abducted from the rich lands that cradled them to become and bear slaves, endure the lust of their masters, and nurture other women's children. They are the... summary from source:
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4/5/2007: 299 words, approx. 1 pagesThe editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia was acquitted Thursday of charges that he violated the Muslim nation's indecency laws by publishing pictures of scantily clothed women.Erwin Arnada had faced a maximum punishment of nearly three years in prison in a case closely watched by strict Muslims,... summary from source:
AP Features Secularism tested in French hospitals
1/29/2007: 515 words, approx. 2 pagesA young Muslim slaps the chief of a Paris maternity ward because the doctor manually examined his wife. The case is unusual because it went to court, but the violence is not.A report issued Monday by a government-appointed panel recommended that France adopt a charter...
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