Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early YearsThis 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 |
Et in Arcadia ego196 | 196 |
Father and brother215 | 215 |
The education of an author236 | 236 |
Home and abroad262 | 262 |
Advice to a young lady282 | 282 |
Social life in Wales296 | 296 |
Authors and wouldbe authors311 | 311 |
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| Title | Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years |
| Author | John Chapple |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0719025508, 9780719025501 |
| Length | 492 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / General |
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