Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

By Elizabeth Gaskell, Henry James, Sir Walter Besant and George Moore

"The Manchester Marriage" by Elizabeth Gaskell; "A Mere Interlude" by Thomas Hardy; "A Faithful Heart" by George Moore; "The Solid Gold Reef Company, Limited" by Walter Besant; "The Tree Of Knowledge" by Henry James

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Classics
• Release date: Feb 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781609772925

Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell was an English author and poet, and is best-known for her classic novels Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. Gaskell was a contemporary and an associate of many other early nineteenth-century writers, including Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charlotte Bronte, and was commissioned by Bronte’s father upon the author’s death to write her biography, The Life of Charlotte Bronte. Gaskell died in 1865 at the age of 55.

Reviews for Victorian Short Stories

[kathleen586 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed the first two stories (The Manchester Marriage by Elizabeth Gaskell and A Mere Interlude by Thomas Hardy). I also liked A Faithful Heart by George Moore. The last two I didn't like at all; Walter Besant'sThe Solid Gold Reef Company, Limited was badly written, and Henry James' The Tree of Knowledge was confusing and boring, in my opinion.