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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 · 374,549 ratings · 29,143 reviews · 1,317 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 187,852 ratings — published 1855 — 2395 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 — 51,363 ratings — published 1866 — 843 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 — 48,988 ratings — published 1853 — 2897 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 — 21,895 ratings — published 1848 — 11 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 — 10,202 ratings — published 1853 — 350 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 — 9,120 ratings — published 1857 — 250 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 — 4,728 ratings — published 1863 — 1067 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 — 3,160 ratings — published 2000 — 6 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) 3.49 avg rating — 3,284 ratings — published 1863 — 346 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 — 3,059 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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Elizabeth Gaskell

4.39 avg rating — 137 ratings

Wives and Daughters (2 books)
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Elizabeth Gaskell

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

1633 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

547 likes

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Polls

April 2018 Short Story Poll

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 82 pages, 1848

53 votes, 15.0%

A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor, 24 pages, 1955

44 votes, 12.5%

The Grey Woman by Elizabeth Gaskell, 52 pages, 1861

36 votes, 10.2%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 pages, 1953

35 votes, 9.9%

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, 126 pages, 1966

33 votes, 9.3%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941

31 votes, 8.8%

The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, 112 pages, 1918

29 votes, 8.2%

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, 48 pages, 1729

25 votes, 7.1%

Fences by August Wilson, 101 pages, 1986

19 votes, 5.4%

A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert, 72 pages, 1877

16 votes, 4.5%

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 48 pages, 1924

15 votes, 4.2%

The Dialogue of the Dogs by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 112 pages, 1613

12 votes, 3.4%

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth, 87 pages, 1800

5 votes, 1.4%

353 total votes

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