Description
Elizabeth Gaskell is best known as a novelist and biographer, but she was also a lively and sensitive letter writer, with a vivacious interest in all that was going on around her.
This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a biography of Elizabeth Gaskell largely in her own words. It is in chronological order, with special chapters devoted to her family life, her travels, her charities and her life as an author who was also a wife and mother, in a period when Victorian society and culture were undergoing major changes--especially apparent in Manchester where she lived.
Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as a woman of intelligence, integrity and grace, with an enchanting sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity about life, a deep regard for truth and a boundless sympathy for others.
About the Author
J. A. V. Chapple is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Hull
Assisted by John Geoffrey Sharps
Book Information
ISBN 9780719077890
Author John Chapple
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 263g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 12mm
