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The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell: Collection of 40+ Classic Victorian Tales, Including Round the Sofa, My Lady Ludlow, Cousin Phillis…
The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell: Collection of 40+ Classic Victorian Tales, Including Round the Sofa, My Lady Ludlow, Cousin Phillis…
The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell: Collection of 40+ Classic Victorian Tales, Including Round the Sofa, My Lady Ludlow, Cousin Phillis…
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Content:
Introduction:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Short Stories & Novellas:
Round the Sofa
My Lady Ludlow
An Accursed Race
The Doom of the Griffiths
Half a Life-Time Ago
The Poor Clare
The Half-Brothers
Cousin Phillis
Company Manners
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
The Sexton's Hero
The Grey Woman
Curious if True
Six Weeks at Heppenheim
Libbie Marsh's Three Eras
Christmas Storms and Sunshine
Hand and Heart
Bessy's Troubles at Home
Disappearances
Lizzie Leigh
The Well of Pen-Mortha
The Heart of John Middleton
Traits and Stories of the Huguenots
Morton Hall
My French Master
The Squire's Story
Right at Last
The Manchester Marriage
Lois the Witch
The Crooked Branch
The Old Nurse's Story
Clopton House
Crowley Castle
Two Fragments of Ghost Stories
The Shah's English Gardener
Martha Preston
The Deserted Mansion
Uncle Peter
A Visit to Eton
The Cage at Cranford
Some Passages from the History of the Chomley Family
The Ghost in the Garden Room
Biography:
Mrs. Gaskell and Knutsford by George A. Payne
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
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Release dateMar 21, 2018
ISBN9788027241385
The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell: Collection of 40+ Classic Victorian Tales, Including Round the Sofa, My Lady Ludlow, Cousin Phillis…
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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.

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