Biography of elizabeth gaskell
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Elizabeth Gaskell ( - )
Elizabeth Gaskell ©Gaskell was a Victorian novelist, also notable for her biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë.
Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September , the daughter of a Unitarian minister. After her mother's early death, she was raised by an aunt who lived in Knutsford in Cheshire. In , she married William Gaskell, also a Unitarian minister, and they settled in the industrial city of Manchester.
Motherhood and the obligations of a minister's wife kept her busy. However, the death of her only son inspired her to write her first novel, 'Mary Barton', which was published anonymously in It was an immediate success, winning the praise of Charles Dickens and Thomas Carlyle.
Dickens invited her to contribute to his magazine, 'Household Words', where her next major work, 'Cranford', appeared in 'North and South' was published the following year. Gaskell's work brought her many friends, including the novelist Charlotte Brontë. When Ch
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Elizabeth Gaskell
English novelist, biographer, and short story writer (–)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (néeStevenson; 29 September – 12 November ), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in , was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. In this biography, she wrote only of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë's life; the rest she omitted, deciding certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (–), North and South (–), and Wives and Daughters (–), all of which were adapted for television by the BBC.
Early life
[edit]Mrs. Gaskell was born Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson on 29 September in Lindsey Row, Chelsea, London, now 93 Cheyne Walk.&#