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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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Елізабет Гаскелл (Ukrainian) ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 378,881 ratings · 29,869 reviews · 1,343 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 190,121 ratings — published 1855 — 8 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 — 51,691 ratings — published 1866 — 785 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 — 49,524 ratings — published 1853 — 17 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 — 22,065 ratings — published 1848 — 972 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 3.88 avg rating — 10,350 ratings — published 1853 — 433 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 — 9,185 ratings — published 1857 — 519 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 — 4,774 ratings — published 1863 — 1007 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 — 3,185 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 — 3,403 ratings — published 1863 — 387 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 — 3,155 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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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

551 likes

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Polls

September 2014 Old School Classic Poll

1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 144 pages

49 votes, 23.1%

1856, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, 329 pages

37 votes, 17.5%

1874, The Mysterious Island byJules Verne, 723 pages

21 votes, 9.9%

1842, Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 464 pages

20 votes, 9.4%

1848, The Lady of the Camellias byAlexandre Dumas, 240 pages

19 votes, 9.0%

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

16 votes, 7.5%

900, The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous, 906 pages

14 votes, 6.6%

1759, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman byLaurence Sterne, 588 pages

12 votes, 5.7%

1853, Villette by Charlotte Brontë, 573 pages

11 votes, 5.2%

1853, Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, 257 pages

11 votes, 5.2%

1862, No Name byWilkie Collins, 748 pages

2 votes, 0.9%

212 total votes

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