Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Born into a Scottish family with a strong Naval background his Post-Captain father, Joseph Stevenson, dearly wanted a son in the church and decided his second child, William, would be the one. It must have been difficult growing up with his future already planned. Especially when he seems to have longed…
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Gaskell Blog has reverted to its WordPress URL address, so rather than gaskellblog.com (which I hadn’t planned on renewing when it expired but was unfortunately picked up by a spammer) it is located at https://gaskellblog.wordpress.com Please update any links and your Google Readers accordingly. Sorry for any confusion and a special thank you to Luciana for bringing this to…
The Rylands Online Collection
Browse images related to Mrs. Gaskell at the Rylands Online Collection. Including some of her letters, plates of drawings that originally appeared in first editions or the magazine publications of her works, and the famous miniature portrait. I highly recommend you to visit it:
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Opinions of Acquaintances
George Eliot, letter to Mrs.Peter Taylor, February 1, 1853 Of course you have read ‘Ruth’ by this time. Its style was a great refreshment to me, from its finish and fullness. How women have the courage to write and publishers the spirit to buy at a high price the false and feeble representations of life…
A Guest Post at Regency Inkwell
Please join me at the lovely blog, Regency Inkwell, where I was invited by Pamela and Miguelina to write a guest post. As the wife of a Unitarian Minister living in Manchester, Elizabeth Gaskell was acutely aware of factory life and the struggles of the poor and wrote about them in her first novel Mary…
The Picnic at Cranford, a Blog Tour: 4th Stop
Maria Grazia of Fly High is our last visit for the blog tour and not only has she written a lovely post about Cranford she is also offering two giveaways! Follow me and visit her post! You must be a great writer to build a masterpiece on tiny, trivial, ordinary events. This is what you…
The Picnic at Cranford: A Letter from Miss Pole
© Gaskell Blog Dearest Mary, I hope this letter finds you well. Miss Matty meant to write but she’s rather worn out. Do not be alarmed, she is in good health (although if she followed my regime she’d be more robust). What do you suppose we have all been up to in Cranford? –Well, Mrs….
The Picnic at Cranford, a blog tour: 3rd Stop
Have you heard about the Cage at Cranford? Audrey from Books as Food shares the tale with us. If you’ve read Cranford, you might guess that there’s some unworldliness, and a misunderstanding, and silliness, and and a servant who knows more than her employer, and some improper comments from inconvenient men, before everything turns out…
A Gallery of Knutsford, the Cranford of Mrs. Gaskell’s Experience
Knutsford is the town where Elizabeth Gaskell grew up with her dear Aunt Lumb and Aunt Abigail. Join me in this little photo tour! Please click on the thumbnail to view a larger image and the photographer credits. Heathside Also sometimes written as Heathwaite or Heathecoate Mrs. Gaskell grew up in this house with her dear…
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