February 9th, 1863 To: John M.F. Ludlow, editor of the Christian socialist journal The Reader My dear Mr. Ludlow, I am very glad you liked my paper; and please do what you think… Read More
January 28, 1863 A lady with the surname of James, whose mother donated a counterpane coverlet My dear Madam (for you see I am not quite sure if you are Mrs, or Miss… Read More
June 22nd, 1858 To: Harriette Bright, sister of Henry Arthur Bright and a friend of Gaskell’s daughter Marianne My dear Harriette, Lindeth Tower* sounds very grand; but it is a queer ugly square… Read More
March 15th, 1856 To: Harriet Anderson née Carr, a good friend of Elizabeth Gaskell in Newcastle …When all my four girls are at home we have only one large spare room and one… Read More
May 25th, 1858 To: Louis Hachette, founder of Hatchette et Cie, a French publishing company You are quite right in supposing that I should be glad to know any details of your progress,… Read More
December 14, 1860 To: Edward E. Hale, a prominent Boston Unitarian minister and friends with the Gaskell family My dear Mr. Hale, …You left us… [with] Mr. Gaskell just going to have a… Read More
April 13, 1858 To: Lady Mary Fielding, twin sister of the 8th Earl of Denbigh …There is a sort of exaggerated confidence in human strength to do right, — and an idea that… Read More
February 24, 1865 To: John Ruskin, art critic My dear Mr. Ruskin, …I will tell… a bit more of ‘Cranford’ that I did not dare to put in, because I thought people would… Read More
November 20, 1852 To: Mary Green, the wife of a Unitarian minister and a good friend My dear Mary, …Ruth ‘has yet to be written, ‘ which is an expression I used only… Read More
