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Elizabeth Gaskell
AuthorBooks · Second hand1810-1865
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, including the lives of the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Her only biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was controversial and significant in establishing the Brontë family's lasting fame. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–1853), North and South (1854–1855), and Wives and Daughters (1864–1866), all of which have been adapted for television by the BBC.
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Birth
1810
Death
1865
First book
1848
Years writing
178
Elizabeth Gaskell was a prominent British novelist who masterfully portrayed the diverse layers of Victorian society.
Her most iconic work, Cranford, remains an essential benchmark of 19th-century literature.
In addition to her novels, she wrote an acclaimed biography of her friend and colleague Charlotte Brontë.
She used the pseudonym Cotton Mather Mills to publish part of her prolific literary output.
Her writings are valued by both fiction lovers and social historians for their detailed realism.