Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years

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Manchester University Press, Jun 15, 1997 - Biography & Autobiography - 492 pages
This absorbing study of Elizabeth Gaskell's early life up to her marriage in 1832 is based almost entirely on new evidence. Also, using parish records, marriage settlements, property transfers, wills, record office documents, letters, journals and private papers, John Chapple has recreated the background of one of the nineteenth century's greatest novelists.

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Contents

Introduction1
1
Berwick and the Stevensons
17
Vacillations of a father51
51
Authorship in Edinburgh and London
69
Mother and More than mother84
84
Refuge in Knutsford105
105
Upper and Lower Knutsford124
124
Friends and relations137
137
Advice to a young lady282
282
Social life in Wales296
296
Authors and wouldbe authors311
311
Newcastle and elsewhere343
343
Grave and gay376
376
Engagement402
402
things reborn419
419
Appendices
435

Widening circles159
159
Happy families179
179
Et in Arcadia ego196
196
Father and brother215
215
The education of an author236
236
Home and abroad262
262
Anne Charles Fanny and Kate Holland447
447
F William Gaskells engagement letter453
453
Bibliographical appendix460
460
Index475
475
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