This is a collection of 3 classics, written by Elizabeth Gaskell. All of the books are original and unabridged. The books include: Mary Barton, Cranford, Ruth

This is a collection of three classics, all unabridged originals written by, Elizabeth Gaskell. The books include North and South, The Moorland Cottage, and The Old Nurse's Story.

This is a collection of three great classics. All of the books are origina and unabridged and all written by, Elizabeth gaskell. The Books include: Wives and Daughters, Lizzie Leigh, and the Poor Clare.

This is a collection of 3 classics, written by Elizabeth Gaskell. All of the books are original and unabridged. The books include: Sylvia's Lover, My Lady Ludlow, The Grey Woman and other Tales.

This book contains the complete novels of Elizabeth Gaskell in the chronological order of their original publication. - Mary Barton - Cranford - North and South - My Lady Ludlow - Curious, If True: Strange Tales - A Dark Night's Work - Sylvia's Lovers - Wives and Daughters

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).

Elizabeth Gaskell’s episodic second novel, sometimes dismissed as nostalgically “charming,” is now considered by many critics to be her most sophisticated work. The country town of Cranford is home to a group of women, affectionately called “Amazons” by the narrator, whose seemingly uneventful lives are full of conflicts, failures, and unexpected connections. A rich commentary on Victorian culture by one of its most astute observers, Cranford owes its enduring popularity to the complex pleasures it offers the reader. This Broadview Edition provides an assortment of historical materials to put the novel in context, including Gaskell’s letters from the period of the novel’s writing, excerpts from texts read by the characters, illustrations from the novel and from contemporary periodicals, and other Victorian writings on industrialization, etiquette, and domestic life.