Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A Dark Night's Work
    A Dark Night's Work
    A Dark Night's Work
    Ebook264 pages4 hours

    A Dark Night's Work

    By Elizabeth Gaskell

    ()

    Switch to audiobook
    Read preview
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateApr 1, 1992
    Author

    Elizabeth Gaskell

    Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a British novelist and short-story writer. Her works were Victorian social histories across many strata of society. Her most famous works include Mary Barton, Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.

    Read more from Elizabeth Gaskell

    Related to A Dark Night's Work

    Related ebooks

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      One of Us

      Sep 1, 2020

      One of Us
      8 min read

    • Article

      Liar, Liar

      Apr 4, 2021

      Liar, Liar
      7 min read

    • Article

      Elsi, The Strange Maid

      Aug 29, 2018

      Elsi, The Strange Maid
      17 min read

    • Article

      Very Hampstead, very Kingsley Amis

      Oct 29, 2020

      I HEARD THESE WORDS in the Flask Bookshop in Flask Walk, Hampstead — which I owned and ran from 1975 until 1988 — while slumped in the back room on my leather swivel chair, quite as usual, smoking a pipe and reading: I was always reading. It was a un

      10 min read

    • Article

      Happy And Glorious

      Jun 1, 2022

      ICAN’T remember when I last used my 12 Fabergé after-dinner coffee cups. Americans call these little cups ‘demitasse’, which is about as bi-lingual as we get. Mine come in five colours and I treasure them, although I’ve reached the age where my guest

      4 min read

    • Article

      For December, Forget Wrapping Presents And Treat Yourself To These 3 Romances

      Dec 12, 2017

      Escape from the holiday whirl with three tasty romances, featuring a duke with an epic library, a young girl finding herself in the big city and a proper lady finding love where she least expects it.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Scoundrel’s Lair

      Jul 9, 2023

      Scoundrel’s Lair
      5 min read

    • Article

      Serious Beauty Of Follies

      Jan 11, 2023

      Serious Beauty Of Follies
      5 min read

    • Article

      Blue Bloods

      Apr 13, 2023

      Blue Bloods
      7 min read

    • Article

      In Praise Of Decency

      Oct 12, 2022

      In Praise Of Decency
      3 min read

    • Article

      City Of A Scandal

      Jan 4, 2023

      City Of A Scandal
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Only Rule

      Jul 13, 2020

      There is only one rule in polite English society, but it is iron clad. Of course, polite English society is a fiction. For one thing, its members are rarely polite. Politeness is for the middle classes rather than those who live off ancestral acres o

      5 min read

    • Article

      Mrs Simpson Learns A Lesson

      Jul 29, 2021

      Mrs Simpson Learns A Lesson
      4 min read

    • Article

      My Irish question

      Aug 21, 2022

      My Irish question
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Stackpole Legend

      Mar 1, 2024

      The Stackpole Legend
      13 min read

    • Article

      Victoria's Secrets

      Apr 3, 2024

      Victoria's Secrets
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Scottish Incident

      Jun 19, 2020

      The Scottish Incident
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Special Relationship

      Mar 20, 2024

      A Special Relationship
      5 min read

    • Article

      Charles Ii’s Great Escape

      May 23, 2019

      Charles Ii’s Great Escape
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Family That Shaped Camilla

      Mar 22, 2023

      The Family That Shaped Camilla
      8 min read

    • Article

      I Used to Live Here: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

      May 4, 2022

      Collins £22 Jean Rhys (1890-1979) was born in Dominica to a white Creole mother who was, by her daughter’s account, hard and cruel. ‘I’ve done my best, ’ her mother told her after yet another whipping. ‘You’ll never be like other people.’ Her father,

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Family That Shaped Camilla

      Mar 22, 2023

      The Family That Shaped Camilla
      8 min read

    Reviews for A Dark Night's Work

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A Dark Night's Work - Elizabeth Gaskell

      F1^book_preview_excerpt.html|ƕX`2Zva%d6bDb)YԯyG7'sνdX*{#?=}٧y٧٧>ox97]5s|c}!,!׻|L988b\l8S3c%f<4aC8s3M;kzN5p} Ì>d| چ|7o>(7y5}ռ{W_kW_7?o~6?*) R=LY~ATE鏟}~9ᑩy?Ϛ%)uP(k9i۟~ɿv|<^lvan6.sg_/^}߼3x3 h8! M>%x,a]n1L [Ӑw\d- -t i7?}20ضϗ0$|J?}%4E9GmtXO€{Z1ܣL2[\@aix@jh.qK ywT +A,?c;yǕ}3`B ?y ȌR-Bor!ơ'A ,TN9 9u10vsGi<Ƴ%8-TlEzqW>5֯?m :Lœڻ.ryqZz/Fh/ < 4`ŀ"Rg.0_C:a|:.ذ xfĂI F6aI4q{g LѧqDlxq>BsLV늱Xa9Cx?ުdrl'_m:DdBS}Wv˘h`g(_ƣ0n?x|a;F?3^ kS4GO~5LGJڗDž!) d dcðSr7-Nn.k?+S 0{Y>}cv=8o\"4ؓ<,LMv%8"G =T\$ռfCFC1ΔGQ}}?^`r8? c aܞƱ7c?rMX.]|yeb4虢j68DڷYpl?<3M8T?"_ze,ddC*jR'h0hOnmf-xe y:{_6+@9CKfxfˋpߊ}fp:ۧtoGAf @84l1d(J ؄X"{QGAZ 3Ch%aŌq1+pWJf3PAQ</3-z0D1 F(E'%O{ӑ,?0eRtIkS %bneYUĢtZ3"ϱyCZ5 ?c?KGA7 'a XD!~fyz9yI@n|R^ p[ G· 0cO8/>:7D" U"<$ %{/GO(kGMSAu,m*3& 1ji ;ݖtnv֭lکQx'n&21.2xU=yo|]HFY;m|J%b?,4YMٝ^<`'3,  Y^kvE6E <HnaJh?¹\E=M kKp TyO]#+PvBeN/gKͶ"y7 6:fq{2̧Zry[Z+ #UGzC Bc#:_F=hKMTp\`#+M<{J;P謊'6yϢfVjDbOVEA,RmR 8.bjS_l/iڣ'Xs7 -X"`soGl`4*+UO2C{WLME #1.2k҂2=?'cΏ k씍j'C kQЏ 4c/U7tEה 'M¸{%Y;~ rH_b?AKT9׍(Q`gUVe&+.aU ^Ql0{%HfO%@d|)o _]"+|`re̗j#,dz@n5E !xd|GVoaAզ^Y%4EpE(*U7-9tg׶Zc|f t FK;)l[_yq4ğ4V7 Er%L%"Nᗀa,veϩEBk%l ZS'_bJ 1i_o ~빈jLW-tbB;h%N7'2k1mf^&Aj3wV@G[xYץ|y(nU<7GzPn~չRs~(ycӷC) +aZdnl6˝Ynݰ5̻fӣx2y#¶$VBI&*nF7a+~K8mu1BW z_ŹĵC?:8u ;0ay}^<"Kk{blYٻC>~*8mKD $Kuty5־6 |#J+"ɼق).sRB켤 0J);epvF)8 [po= ׁ8o,wvcM:Y|(R1]_/ |9X1h(" -lYƆ&Q}ϊD[*((j)N8J1+ctCNqum?YCvUlԌ"o1joxlGN+Lz Iwd*_5wen}7%h"rk;)h>+^K(TSʀ]X/?w.ѶUEf1:|J:lBJ{ &&USRGaqk1 ֌:p/7.YCj$u/b1[Gټ!:4 c)<+t}ܭ)332$p7 .0hO1"9GAq6L;.-b~9>Sc:wNT,zkg y+ S s[L wl*!"y2{4JfWA 0K Y=/EjUf,ć*Q) ?Vz*LgM(VnzAiWe=0CH!of_|:Ĕ܆獳C˽MpoPXQ+,bEdxٶoúi /]#X]Kj׾-+DؓקXwStӚ6$X= M()Zl6wpDFAX3rx|?Lv0_f) -dP'|c_~gepFا{-HLUbME4(miz VdX7.,wvo圳f~%+̬kcG)OAQ2zFdE[s8>[w*,H5vods]|w1Y0M 'b(Iz\K+`,3BqhU6sKr<Gz%@Fʺ4NƎb) WY# 6>۹p͙5{~EgV=:u̸WBA: 8X.j,SϪB.Y>_^t !?{Ξͅpp&oޡB~E)HH'ѿe31młx0txyI9]\YއB 0GB!25zs'F5Q5\J-r;{\'es1YݍzR۔F78OGmQ/&>;o sF)l"s|(?lƴ '(4{$ 31eXԋ/[;AoW=]!؍'+AV3" sr62"}ZHhkI#k 1 :~VAщ$)Al@i!Yҏ6'fHL$A,Vba_qX߅3 YƐthSv_ebxκY0ofs7(uc]of+|;b4!p{i7kpzVm325;h:Su$blZ7,: R3^VZ7aRz:)ӷfؗdV_.@` #9`ޤM?] Ʀ 2*EW(uLJӦ%I~ɵ݇n>\)(}5(Xgf!Q7;L7>rX:ɻYyMnת4{)q1tb_ BS-GZ~e-ocd Пߺ"h}/aj&(Lg3Tk}3(d$F^?.esk/:j_/y4s~J;C4؄5j/=u#i';,Lceh@wfsYJk`v{XS:%:%Us-$byX &"[˂>Yʉ#w7ThlhTxٵʘYwCbnBLJ/W mRh)Ɋz1A㏦ :A")\yF 0>z9$G4-}, Q{aTn!WL5w3t_ twb_Nhb-:Vd[scKe>ۀuon\U90f6XXTκa`Yݚ;n,j'~RǪ`t w anN[Y~> n&0ߧ(ǾY;Ҫ}Wf"n% ; .tv%n'0[lZהH-#Kj~eݭ
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1