Elizabeth Gaskells biography of her close friend Charlotte Bront was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Bronts life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer who had foreseen the single life for herself, to her marriage at thirty-eight and death less than a year later. The resulting work the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist explored the nature of Charlottes genius and almost single-handedly created the Bront myth.

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Focusing on two families, the Gibsons and the Hamleys, this novel describes the habits, loyalties, prejudices, petty snobberies, rumours and adjustments of a whole countryside hierarchy.

Two short stories, from the English novelist and short story writer, whose writings can be seen as critiques of Victorian era attitudes, particularly those toward women, with complex narratives and dynamic women characters.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell nee Stevenson (1810–1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. She married William Gaskell, the minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester. They settled in Manchester, where the industrial surroundings would offer inspiration for her novels. Her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, was published anonymously in 1848. The best known of her remaining novels are Cranford (1853), North and South (1855), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost story writing, aided by her friend Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words. Her other works include: The Grey Woman (1865), Lois the Witch (1861) and The Old Nurse's Story (1852).

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English novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Gaskell is known for her biography of Charlotte Bronte. Her works emanate human passions and express reflections on various aspects of society. She wrote for Thomas Hardy's magazine in later life.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell née Stevenson (1810-1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. She married William Gaskell, the minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester. They settled in Manchester, where the industrial surroundings would offer inspiration for her novels. Her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, was published anonymously in 1848. The best known of her remaining novels are Cranford (1853), North and South (1855), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost story writing, aided by her friend Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words. Her other works include: The Grey Woman (1865), Lois the Witch (1861) and The Old Nurse's Story (1852).

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell née Stevenson (1810–1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. She married William Gaskell, the minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester. They settled in Manchester, where the industrial surroundings would offer inspiration for her novels. Her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, was published anonymously in 1848. The best known of her remaining novels are Cranford (1853), North and South (1855), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost story writing, aided by her friend Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words. Her other works include: The Grey Woman (1865), Lois the Witch (1861) and The Old Nurse's Story (1852).

That has never been our way in Germany. There are people employed by the Government to examine the vines, and report when the grapes are ripe. It is necessary to make laws about it; for, as you must have seen, there is nothing but the fear of-the law to protect our vineyards and fruit-trees; there are no enclosures along the Berg-Strasse, as you tell me you have in England; but, as people are only allowed to go into the vineyards on stated days.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell née Stevenson (1810–1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. She married William Gaskell, the minister at Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester. They settled in Manchester, where the industrial surroundings would offer inspiration for her novels. Her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life, was published anonymously in 1848. The best known of her remaining novels are Cranford (1853), North and South (1855), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost story writing, aided by her friend Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words. Her other works include The Grey Woman (1865), Lois the Witch (1861) and The Old Nurse's Story (1852).

Elizabeth Gaskell was a Victorian short storywriter and novelist. Her biography of Charlotte Bronte is her most famous work. Gaskell's novels portray varied social classes. Gaskell saw and wrote about the problems caused by the gulf between the social classes. She fought for tolerance and better labor conditions. The Poor Clare is an 1856 gothic ghost story told in a series of narratives. Bridget, the grandmother, invoked a phantom who is now haunting the pure and innocent Lucy. The story is full of intergenerational secrets.

A través de la emblemática figura de unas hermanas solteronas asistimos a los pequeños y grandes acontecimientos de una pequeña comunidad. El paisaje, la ambientación e incluso los personajes de esta novela están tomados del pueblecito en que la autora pasó su infancia, Knutsford, y en un retrato lleno de humor y afecto se nos presentan valores y costumbres que la Revolución Industrial estaba transformando rápidamente.

Desapariciones misteriosas, fantasmas vengativos, caballeros y aristócratas con una doble vida de asesinos y bandidos, maldiciones que se vuelven contra los descendientes de quien las pronunció, encierros en castillos, persecuciones implacables y penosas huidas… Los clásicos elementos del género gótico que atrayeron a Elizabeth Gaskell, una de las mayores novelistas del realismo victoriano, podría pensarse que se impusieron, como una evasión fantástica, al carácter cotidiano y a la proyección social de sus temas habituales. Sin embargo, cabe recordar que una de las imágenes clave del género es el hallazgo de un esqueleto en el armario de un pulcro interior doméstico; los secretos que se revuelven, y que regresan con su poder atormentador, afligen a familias corrientes y especialmente a heroínas muy marcadas por su dependiente condición de mujeres.Estos Cuentos góticos, lejos de escapar al realismo, constituyen de hecho una inteligente y a veces patética exploración del género en busca de sus fundamentos reales. A este respecto, «La bruja Lois», crónica de la celebre caza de brujas de Salem en 1692, es un ejemplo impecable. Y, por su parte, «Curioso, de ser cierto», donde un forastero perdido en un bosque asiste a una extraña reunión de personajes de cuentos de hadas, esboza con humor el futuro probable de las fantasías cuando dejan de serlo.

La casa del páramo fue publicada como cuento de Navidad a finales de 1850 y, respetuosa con el género, Elizabeth Gaskell compuso una hermosa historia de amor campestre, con un cuadro potente de virtudes y vicios y una apelación al sentimiento de buena voluntad. Maggie Browne, su heroína, vive con una madre indiferente y un hermano ambicioso que la considera una jovencita «enjaulada en el campo, rodeada siempre de la misma gente». Después de luchar por superar las diferencias sociales que la separan de su amor —el heredero de un terrateniente—, se verá empujada a un supremo sacrificio para salvar a su propia e ingrata familia.«Este pequeño volumen —escribiría Charlotte Brontë— tiene un bello comienzo, adquiere fuerza en su desarrollo, y concluye con pathos». Swinburne vio en él un precedente claro de El molino del Floss de George Eliot. Combinando elementos de cuentos de hadas con recursos de melodrama y una romántica observación de la naturaleza, Gaskell ahonda además en los entresijos de la vida doméstica, y muestra cómo el amor y la bondad pueden ser armas de doble filo, a menudo utilizadas con fines innobles. «¡Conocemos tan poco la verdadera realidad de aquellos hogares que visitamos como amigos íntimos!», dice la narradora de estas páginas y se propone, con fortuna, entrar allí donde las apariencias y presuposiciones desvelan sus conflictos y sus secretos…

Margaret Dawson, una anciana inválida, se reúne con un grupo de fieles amigos a tomar el té y charlar. Con ellos rememora la historia de Lady Ludlow, noble, viuda y anciana, que la acogió en su juventud y la tomó bajo su protección.