While the chapters in the opening section of the book attend to Gaskell’s deployment of ‘a new language Her obvious depth of feeling was evident, while her turn of phrase and description was described as the greatest since Jane Austen. She had numerous short stories including "Libbie Marsh's Three Eras: A Lancashire Tale" (1847), "Christmas Storms and Sunshine" (1848), "Hand and Heart" (1849), "Lizzie Leigh: A Domestic Tale" (1850), and her novella "The Moorland Cottage" (1850) published in various periodicals and magazines including Howitt's Journal, Ladies' Companion, Harper's, the Pall Mall Gazette, Cornhill Magazine, and Charles Dickens's All the Year Round (formerly Household Words). Full content URL: https://gaskelljournal.co.uk/the-journal/past-volu... Elizabeth Gaskell was the author of over forty short stories. Elizabeth Gaskell died unexpectedly the same year and left behind the incomplete work which was later completed by Frederick Greenwood. Her father, William Stevenson, a Unitarian from Berwick-upon-Tweed, was minister at Failsworth, Lancashire, but resigned his orders on conscientious grounds; he moved to London in 1806 with the intention of going to India after he was appointed private secretary to the Earl of Lauderdale, who was to become Governor General of India. Her work is of interest to social historians as well as readers of literature. The sheer variety of Gaskell’s work is mind-blowing. Born as the daughter of a Unitarian minister, her own adherence to the principles of the Unitarian movement is evident from her writings. In 1865, at the age of fifty-five, Elizabeth Gaskell died suddenly of a heart attack at her cottage the Lawn near Alton in Holybourne, Hampshire on 12 November 1865. Cranford (1853), first serialised in Dickens's periodical Household Words in 1851, met with much more favourable reviews, the public taking kindly to Gaskells' genteel and humorous look at Victorian society; Now living in Plymouth Grove in Manchester, the Gaskells summered in the Lake District. Be the first to ask a question about Elizabeth Gaskell. Only four pieces of Gaskell’s writing were published in May: the last two episodes of Cranford, an obscure piece entitled ‘Company Manners’ (1854) and the short story, “Six Weeks at Heppenheim”. Gaskell's style is notable for putting local dialect words into the mouths of middle-class characters and the narrator. I have found a book, first edition printed 1857. While the Gaskell's lives were dominated by his ministry and social activities, Reverend William was a prime supporter of his wife's writing career. She agreed and published ‘The Life of Charlotte Bronte’ in 1857. [7], On 30 August 1832 Elizabeth married a Unitarian minister, William Gaskell, in Knutsford. North and south is so far my top read from Elizabeth Gaskell followed by Wives and Daughters. [23], A bibliometric Mrs. Gaskell and me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two centuries Apart, by Nell Stevens was published in 2018.[24]. She also became close friends with the writer Charlotte Brontë. Time and again she would cause controversy among her privileged Victorian readership with her characters and themes. Lizzie Leigh and The Heart of John Middleton are examples of Gaskell's writing on the working classes of the industrial north of England, while the Well of Pen Morfa is set in rural North Wales. Most of the other short stories were too short after my taste - I'd have liked to know more about the character's background etc. Cranford: I really enjoyed the episodic writing of this novel, and grew to love the characters as I progressed through reading. [2], Gaskell's reputation from her death to the 1950s was epitomized by Lord David Cecil's assessment in Early Victorian Novelists (1934) that she was "all woman" and "makes a creditable effort to overcome her natural deficiencies but all in vain" (quoted in Stoneman, 1987, from Cecil, p. 235). I missed the television adaptation but enjoyed this. Biography written by C. D. Merriman for Jalic Inc. She was the eighth child born to Elizabeth née Holland (1771-1811) and William Stevenson (c.1770-1829), a writer and civil servant with the Treasury. But other influences including Adam Smith's Social Politics enabled a much wider understanding of the cultural milieu in which her works were set. It's sort on interesting, that. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. So far I'm not a huge fan of Gaskell's shorter fiction. Each story took me back to a different time period, setting, culture, and feeling. The story revolved around the life of a young motherless girl called Mary who belonged to a working-class family. We’d love your help. This was a creatively stimulating period for Gaskell. Quiz: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell: 6 Questions.

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