Dark Night's Work

Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Narrated by LibriVox Community

Love, murder and class commentary in Mrs Gaskell's usual brilliant style! This novel was originally serialised and published by Charles Dickens, with whom Mrs Gaskell had several disagreements. She chose to avoid melodrama and concentrate on psychological realism to produce a moving story of people meeting and parting across class divides. - Summary by Beth Thomas

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English author who wrote biographies, short stories, and novels. Because her work often depicted the lives of Victorian society, including the individual effects of the Industrial Revolution, Gaskell has impacted the fields of both literature and history. While Gaskell is now a revered author, she was criticized and overlooked during her lifetime, dismissed by other authors and critics because of her gender. However, after her death, Gaskell earned a respected legacy and is credited to have paved the way for feminist movements.

Reviews for Dark Night's Work

[Jo E Gallagher · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story was interesting put the narrative was terrible. The first couple chapters were fine. Then a man took over and even slowed down he was hard to understand. When I realized there had been a wedding and I had no idea who got married I gave up.