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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

Autor(a) de North and South

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About the Author

Elizabeth Gaskell was born on September 29, 1810 to a Unitarian clergyman, who was also a civil servant and journalist. Her mother died when she was young, and she was brought up by her aunt in Knutsford, a small village that was the prototype for Cranford, Hollingford and the setting for numerous mostrar mais other short stories. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, a Unitarian clergyman in Manchester. She participated in his ministry and collaborated with him to write the poem Sketches among the Poor in 1837. Our Society at Cranford was the first two chapters of Cranford and it appeared in Dickens' Household Words in 1851. Dickens liked it so much that he pressed Gaskell for more episodes, and she produced eight more of them between 1852 and 1853. She also wrote My Lady Ludlow and Lois the Witch, a novella that concerns the Salem witch trials. Wives and Daughters ran in Cornhill from August 1864 to January 1866. The final installment was never written but the ending was known and the novel exists now virtually complete. The story centers on a series of relationships between family groups in Hollingford. Most critics agree that her greatest achievement is the short novel Cousin Phillis. Gaskell was also followed by controversy. In 1853, she offended many readers with Ruth, which explored seduction and illegitimacy that led the "fallen woman" into ostracism and inevitable prostitution. The novel presents the social conduct in a small community when tolerance and morality clash. Critics praised the novel's moral lessons but Gaskell's own congregation burned the book and it was banned in many libraries. In 1857, The Life of Charlotte Brontë was published. The biography was initially praised but angry protests came from some of the people it dealt with. Gaskell was against any biographical notice of her being written during her lifetime. After her death on November 12, 1865, her family refused to make family letters or biographical data available. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South (1855) 7,384 exemplares
Cranford (1851) 4,512 exemplares
Wives and Daughters (1865) 4,093 exemplares
Mary Barton (1848) 2,659 exemplares
The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) 1,482 exemplares
Ruth (1853) 1,065 exemplares
Gothic Tales (2000) 605 exemplares
Sylvia's Lovers (1863) 596 exemplares
Cranford / Cousin Phillis (1976) 387 exemplares
The Cranford Chronicles (2007) 344 exemplares
Cousin Phillis (1863) 260 exemplares
Lois the Witch (1859) 193 exemplares
Cranford and Other Stories (1851) 182 exemplares
The Moorland Cottage (1850) 169 exemplares
My Lady Ludlow (1859) 156 exemplares
The Poor Clare (1856) 109 exemplares
Tales of Mystery & the Macabre (2008) 104 exemplares
Mr. Harrison's Confessions (1851) 93 exemplares
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
A Dark Night's Work (1863) — Autor — 61 exemplares
The Grey Woman and other Tales (1977) 46 exemplares
Half a Lifetime Ago (1855) 42 exemplares
The Grey Woman (1861) 39 exemplares
Lois the Witch, and Other Stories (1987) 34 exemplares
The Half-Brothers (1859) 33 exemplares
Lizzie Leigh (1850) 30 exemplares
Four Short Stories (1611) 30 exemplares
Round the Sofa (1864) 27 exemplares
The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell (1966) 22 exemplares
The Doom of the Griffiths (1858) 18 exemplares
An Accursed Race (1855) 17 exemplares
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages (2007) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
Sylvia's Lovers, Volume 3 (2010) 12 exemplares
Sylvia's Lovers Volume 2 (2010) 11 exemplares
Cousin Phillis and Other Tales (1915) 11 exemplares
Mary Barton, and other tales (1890) 10 exemplares
The Manchester Marriage (2006) 10 exemplares
Right at Last (2004) 8 exemplares
Further Letters of Mrs Gaskell (2000) 8 exemplares
Uncle Peter (2008) 7 exemplares
Ruth - And Other Tales (2009) 6 exemplares
Cranford and Sylvia's Lovers (1930) 6 exemplares
Lizzie Leigh, and Other Tales (2013) 6 exemplares
Sylvia's Lovers - Volume 1 (2010) 5 exemplares
[unidentified works] 5 exemplares
Crowley Castle (2002) 5 exemplares
Lois the Witch & Other Tales (2010) 4 exemplares
The Squire's Story (1853) 4 exemplares
Christmas Storms and Sunshine (2018) 4 exemplares
Cranford 4 exemplares
The Sexton's Hero (2015) 4 exemplares
Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras (2004) 3 exemplares
The Well of Pen-Morfa (1850) 3 exemplares
The Classic Gothic Horror Collection (2021) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Morton Hall (2008) 3 exemplares
Curious, If True (short story) (1860) 3 exemplares
The Cage at Cranford (2015) 3 exemplares
French Life (2008) 3 exemplares
The Heart of John Middleton (2010) 2 exemplares
An Italian Institution (2015) 2 exemplares
The Crooked Branch (1859) 2 exemplares
North and South (Volume 2) (2012) 2 exemplares
Round the Sofa V2 (2007) 2 exemplares
Põhi ja lõuna. [romaan] / I (2002) 2 exemplares
Wives and Daughters 2 exemplares
My French Master (2008) 2 exemplares
(all) 1 exemplar
Norte y Sur 1 exemplar
Best of Elizabeth Gaskell (2007) 1 exemplar
Round the Sofa V1 (2007) 1 exemplar
Martha Preston 1 exemplar
Clopton House 1 exemplar
Disappearances 1 exemplar
Elizabeth Gaskell 1 exemplar
The Moorland Cottage (2007) 1 exemplar
Short Stories Collection (2018) 1 exemplar
Delitto di una notte buia (2017) 1 exemplar
Ghost Stories (2012) 1 exemplar
Bessy’s Troubles at Home (1852) 1 exemplar
Hand and Heart (Annotated) (2015) 1 exemplar
La Clarissa 1 exemplar
Noord en Zuid 1 exemplar
Mary Barton Annotated (2022) 1 exemplar
Six Weeks at Heppenheim (1862) 1 exemplar
SYLVIA’S LOVERS 1 exemplar
Margaret Hale (1900) 1 exemplar
All'ultimo momento 1 exemplar
Vida De Charlotte Bronte (1900) 1 exemplar
Silvia's Lovers 1 exemplar
Maldição (2022) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1976) — Contribuidor — 519 exemplares
The Haunted House (1859) — Contribuidor — 376 exemplares
Ghosts: A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old & New (1981) — Contribuidor — 333 exemplares
The Fireside Book of Christmas Stories (1945) — Contribuidor — 280 exemplares
Gothic Short Stories (2002) — Contribuidor — 243 exemplares
A House to Let (1858) — Contribuidor — 200 exemplares
The Portable Victorian Reader (1972) — Contribuidor — 176 exemplares
Ghostly Tales: Spine-Chilling Stories of the Victorian Age (2017) — Contribuidor — 176 exemplares
Great Stories of the Sea & Ships (1940) — Contribuidor — 172 exemplares
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology (1991) — Contribuidor — 171 exemplares
Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood (1990) — Contribuidor — 168 exemplares
North and South [2004 TV mini series] (2004) — Original book — 149 exemplares
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories (2006) — Contribuidor — 138 exemplares
Chilling Horror Short Stories (2016) — Contribuidor — 137 exemplares
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1988) — Contribuidor — 134 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984) — Contribuidor — 122 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
The Lifted Veil: Women's 19th Century Stories (2005) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2000) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
The Treasury of English Short Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 84 exemplares
Wives and Daughters [1999 TV mini series] (2001) — Original story — 80 exemplares
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2011) — Contribuidor, algumas edições77 exemplares
Supernatural Horror Short Stories (2017) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
Selected Stories from the 19th Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Somebody's Luggage (1862) 70 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women (2012) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
Haunted House Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuidor — 67 exemplares
The Bedside Book of Famous British Stories (1940) — Contribuidor — 66 exemplares
The Twelve Frights of Christmas (1998) — Contribuidor — 63 exemplares
The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1964) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Delphi Complete Works of the Brontës (2011) — Contribuidor, algumas edições54 exemplares
Revenge: Short Stories by Women Writers (1986) — Contribuidor — 49 exemplares
Victorian Love Stories: An Oxford Anthology (1996) — Contribuidor — 48 exemplares
Return to Cranford [2009 TV series] (1970) — Original book — 47 exemplares
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 11: Curses (1939) — Contribuidor — 46 exemplares
The Virago Book of Such Devoted Sisters (1993) — Contribuidor — 44 exemplares
The Moons at Your Door (2016) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Women of the Weird: Eerie Stories by the Gentle Sex (1976) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
Cranford [Oxford Bookworms] (1622) 41 exemplares
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Historical Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
Selected English Short Stories (First Series) (1914) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
The Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural (1986) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
The Oxford Book of English Love Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
Small Shadows Creep (1974) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Stories To Get You Through The Night (2010) — Contribuidor — 32 exemplares
Classic Ghost Stories: Spooky Tales to Read at Christmas (2017) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
The Mystery Book (1934) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth (2021) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Cranford: The Collection [Cranford & Return to Cranford TV series] (2008) — Original book — 27 exemplares
Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tales of the Supernatural (2002) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Cuentos de amor victorianos (2004) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Women on Nature (2021) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Great English Short Stories (1930) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories (2004) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Horror by Lamplight (1993) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
A Century of Thrillers from Poe to Arlen (First Series) (1934) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Family Treasury of Great Biographies Volume 08 (1970) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny: 38 (2023) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
A Quaint and Curious Volume: Tales and Poems of the Gothic (2019) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
The Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women (2016) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Minor Classics of Nineteenth-Century Fiction [2-volume set] (1967) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Dark Holidays: A Collection of Ghost Stories (2006) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Shapes of the Supernatural (1969) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Selected English short stories XIX & XX centuries (1914) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume 2 (2006) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
More ghosts and marvels (1934) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
An Adult's Garden of Bloomers (1966) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Great English Short Stories - Volume Two: Trollope to O'Connor (1939) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
The Trials of Love (1990) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Evergreen Stories (1998) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Spookbeeld vijf Victoriaanse vertellingen (1980) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Anthology of Love and Romance (1994) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Three Great Novels: Emma/Arme Lucy/Agnes Grey (1998) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Famous Stories of Five Centuries (1934) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume I (2005) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
North and South [1975 TV miniseries] (2013) — Original book — 3 exemplares
Life and Works of the Brontë Sisters (Thornfield Edition) (1900) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
December Tales (2021) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Wigilia Pełna Duchów (2019) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
The Ghost Story MEGAPACK®: 25 Classic Tales by Masters (2013) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Classic British Short Stories (2009) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Short Stories of the Past (1950) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The Screaming Skull and the Old Nurse's Story (1997)algumas edições2 exemplares
English short stories of the nineteenth century — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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January 2024: Elizabeth Gaskell em Monthly Author Reads (Janeiro 27)
Victorian Q2 Read-Along: North and South em Club Read 2022 (Setembro 2022)
Group Read, December 2021: North and South em 1001 Books to read before you die (Dezembro 2021)
Group Read, January 2017: Cranford em 1001 Books to read before you die (Fevereiro 2017)
1816: Charlotte Brontë - Resources and General Discussion em Literary Centennials (Janeiro 2016)
July Group Read: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell em 2014 Category Challenge (Agosto 2014)
North and South, Chapters 27-52 (Spoiler Thread) em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Janeiro 2012)
North and South, Chapters 1-26 (Spoiler Thread) em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Dezembro 2011)
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (Non-Spoiler Thread) em 75 Books Challenge for 2011 (Dezembro 2011)

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Obras
216
Also by
106
Membros
26,589
Popularidade
#785
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
738
ISBN
1,592
Línguas
21
Marcado como favorito
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