Elizabeth Gaskell’s Family Series – her Father: William Stevenson, part I

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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