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Elizabeth Gaskell

Born

in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, England, The United Kingdom

September 29, 1810

Died

November 12, 1865

Genre

Fiction, Classics

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. 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.

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Elizabeth Gaskell’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 364,721 ratings · 27,553 reviews · 1,142 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 182,828 ratings — published 1855 — 2360 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Pam Morris (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 50,664 ratings — published 1866 — 848 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 47,829 ratings — published 1853 — 2822 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 21,431 ratings — published 1848 — 1072 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruth 3.87 avg rating — 9,801 ratings — published 1853 — 453 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.85 avg rating — 9,006 ratings — published 1857 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 4,641 ratings — published 1863 — 685 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Kranzler (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 3,111 ratings — published 2000 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell, Jenny Uglow (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 3,127 ratings — published 1863 — 345 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moorland Cottage 3.73 avg rating — 2,774 ratings — published 1850 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South (2 books)
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4.38 avg rating — 138 ratings

Wives and Daughters (2 books)
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4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings

Collected Tales (2 books)
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Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell (?)

“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

tags: folly, preference, wisdom

1634 likes

“How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

tags: evil, judgement, right

1207 likes

“I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you do not understand me.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

tags: prejudice, understanding

538 likes

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Polls

May 2017 Revisit the Shelf-Reread Poll

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, 331 pages, 1955

57 votes, 16.5%

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 331 pages, 1911

44 votes, 12.8%

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, 592 pages, 1957

29 votes, 8.4%

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, 1276 pages, 1844

28 votes, 8.1%

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 329 pages, 1856

27 votes, 7.8%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 325 pages, 1962

24 votes, 7.0%

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, 320 pages, 1935

23 votes, 6.7%

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, 464 pages, 1847

22 votes, 6.4%

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, 521 pages, 1854

20 votes, 5.8%

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, 518 pages, 1891

19 votes, 5.5%

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 964 pages, 1877

19 votes, 5.5%

King Lear by William Shakespeare, 338 pages, 1603

16 votes, 4.6%

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, 489 pages, 1848

14 votes, 4.1%

Rob Roy by Walter Scott, 501 pages, 1817

3 votes, 0.9%

345 total votes

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