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Books by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Mrs Gaskell was born Elizabeth Stevenson in London in 1810. Her mother Eliza, the niece of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, died when she was a child. Much of her childhood was spent in Cheshire, where she lived with an aunt at Knutsford, a town she would later immortalise as Cranford. In 1832, she married a Unitarian minister, William Gaskell (who had a literary career of his own), and they settled in Manchester. The industrial surroundings offered her inspiration for her novels. Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton, was published anonymously in 1848. The best-known of her other novels are Cranford (1853) and North and South (1855). Elizabeth met Charlotte Bronte in 1850, and they struck up a great friendship. After Charlotte's death in 1855, her father, the Reverend Patrick Bronte, asked Gaskell to write her biography to counteract gossip and speculation. The Life of Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857. Gaskell was also a skilled proponent of the ghost story. Her last novel, Wives and Daughters, said by many to be her most mature work remained unfinished at the time of her death in 1865.
Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$69.49
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The Poor Clare By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Poor Clareby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$27.19
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Cousin Phillis By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cousin Phillisby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$23.39
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My Lady Ludlow By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
My Lady Ludlowby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$29.49
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North and South By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
North and Southby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$53.79
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$12.99
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Mary Barton By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Bartonby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$61.09
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Mary Barton By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Bartonby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$17.49
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My Lady Ludlow By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
My Lady Ludlowby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$14.99
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Mary Barton By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Bartonby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$36.99
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An Accursed Race By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
An Accursed Raceby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$24.29
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$209.99
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$28.99
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$24.69
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$36.89
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Ruth By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Ruthby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$25.49
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$230.99
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Wives and Daughters By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$18.99
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Sylvia's Lovers By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Sylvia's Loversby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$33.99
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Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranfordby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$11.99
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Mary Barton By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Bartonby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$36.99
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The Moorland Cottage By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Moorland Cottageby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$145.99
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Wives and Daughters By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$17.19
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My Lady Ludlow By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
My Lady Ludlowby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$27.79
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Wives and Daughters By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Wives and Daughtersby Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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$36.99
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