Sylvia's Lovers - Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

three women. Molly s step-mother is a painfully weak and manipulative woman, but by far the most interesting character is the step-sister Cynthia. With Cynthia, Gaskell walks the line between an often likeable character and someone who seems at heart selfish. This intriguing characterisation makes the book, because it removes the predictability there might otherwise have been. Elizabeth Gaskell died before finishing the novel, but only the tying up of ends remains and she communicated her plans to her editor and these are included in the book. This story has depth and deft charactisation and is a joy to ...

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

three women. Molly s step-mother is a painfully weak and manipulative woman, but by far the most interesting character is the step-sister Cynthia. With Cynthia, Gaskell walks the line between an often likeable character and someone who seems at heart selfish. This intriguing characterisation makes the book, because it removes the predictability there might otherwise have been. Elizabeth Gaskell died before finishing the novel, but only the tying up of ends remains and she communicated her plans to her editor and these are included in the book. This story has depth and deft charactisation and is a joy to ...

Gothic Tales - Elizabeth Gaskell

of Udolpho style stories, with secluded locales shrouded in mystery and dark secrets around every corner. That said, I have no wish to pidgeonhole Gaskell, who offers a good range of settings in the collection, ranging from the English moors to the tempestuous times of the Salem witch hunts. Some of the themes explored are surprisingly frank, with jealousy, sexual desire and murder. At the same time, she enjoys herself with imaginative re-workings of some of the better known tropes of the gothic genre, including fairy stories and dopplegangers. One for fans of Gaskell, ghost stories and the works of M. R. James and Henry ...

Gothic Tales - Elizabeth Gaskell

of Udolpho style stories, with secluded locales shrouded in mystery and dark secrets around every corner. That said, I have no wish to pidgeonhole Gaskell, who offers a good range of settings in the collection, ranging from the English moors to the tempestuous times of the Salem witch hunts. Some of the themes explored are surprisingly frank, with jealousy, sexual desire and murder. At the same time, she enjoys herself with imaginative re-workings of some of the better known tropes of the gothic genre, including fairy stories and dopplegangers. One for fans of Gaskell, ghost stories and the works of M. R. James and Henry ...

Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell

Cranford is a classic novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1851, first appearing as a serial in the magazine, Household Words, which was edited by the literature King, Charles Dickens. Cranford follows the gentle women of the Victorian Town as they go about their quiet lives expecting nothing untoward to happen; whilst adhering to their own sets of eccentric rules, e.g how they eat their oranges, do they suck the juice out or cut into segments? Cranford is recognised as the best known novel by Gaskell and is a witty classic that should sit along Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice on book shelves. I began to read Cranford after the much acclaimed T.V Series ...

Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell

Cranford is a classic novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1851, first appearing as a serial in the magazine, Household Words, which was edited by the literature King, Charles Dickens. Cranford follows the gentle women of the Victorian Town as they go about their quiet lives expecting nothing untoward to happen; whilst adhering to their own sets of eccentric rules, e.g how they eat their oranges, do they suck the juice out or cut into segments? Cranford is recognised as the best known novel by Gaskell and is a witty classic that should sit along Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice on book shelves. I began to read Cranford after the much acclaimed T.V Series ...