Elizabeth Gaskell : a biography / Winifred Gérin
1977, Second Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #434073
ISBN: 0198120702
Physical description; xviii,318 p.,leaf of plate,16 p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p.309-311. - Includes index. Contents; List of plates -- The double heritage -- A provincial childhood -- The formal education of a writer -- The lost brother and father -- The chrysalis years -- The Manchester marriage -- Discovering a vocation -- The 'never-ending sorrow' -- Mary Barton -- The literary scene -- The 'hidden world of art' -- The serialization of Cranford -- Ruth -- Contrasting societies: North and South -- The life of Charlotte Brontë -- Roman carnival -- The hornets' nest -- Sylvia's livers, 1859-1863 -- Knutsford revisited: Cousin Phillis -- A woman of her time -- Mr. Gaskell -- Wives and daughters -- The perfect plan -- Epilogue -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 ; Biography. Gaskell, Elizabeth 1810-1865. Gaskell, Elizabeth. Gaskell, Elizabeth ; Biography. Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 Criticism and interpretation. 1800-1899. Novelists, English 19th century ; Biography. Women novelists, English 19th century Biography. Women novelists 19th century ; Biography. Novelists, English.
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