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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, 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 · 380,179 ratings · 30,065 reviews · 1,387 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 190,664 ratings — published 1855 — 21 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 — 51,757 ratings — published 1866 — 808 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 — 49,687 ratings — published 1853 — 2689 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) 3.75 avg rating — 22,119 ratings — published 1848 — 957 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 — 10,395 ratings — published 1853 — 322 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 3.86 avg rating — 9,206 ratings — published 1857 — 462 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) 3.77 avg rating — 4,786 ratings — published 1863 — 974 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) 3.79 avg rating — 3,215 ratings — published 2000 — 29 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 — 3,436 ratings — published 1863 — 225 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 Old Nurse's Story 3.63 avg rating — 3,201 ratings — published 1860 — 7 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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4.37 avg rating — 139 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

552 likes

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Polls

January 2015 Old School Classics Poll

Which book would you like to read for our January 2015 Old School Classics group read?

1851, Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, 257 pages

14 votes, 24.1%

1842, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 464 pages

11 votes, 19.0%

1899, The Awakening by Kate Chopin, 195 pages

7 votes, 12.1%

1764, The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, 125 pages

4 votes, 6.9%

1874, Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, 480 pages

4 votes, 6.9%

800, Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, 213 pages

4 votes, 6.9%

1868, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449 pages

3 votes, 5.2%

1894, The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling, 368 pages

3 votes, 5.2%

1847, Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, 251 pages

2 votes, 3.4%

1892, The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, 176 pages

2 votes, 3.4%

1830, The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 607 pages

2 votes, 3.4%

1869, The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain, 560 pages

1 vote, 1.7%

1895, Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane, 272 pages

1 vote, 1.7%

58 total votes

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