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This chronology sets Elizabeth Gaskell in her historical, social and literary contexts. It focuses on her career as a writer but also underlines her interactive roles as wife, mother, practical and tolerant Christian, radical sympathizer. Graham Handley discusses her early life, her marriage,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Marianne: Add a description of this character.
- Mary Barton
- George Smith
- Ruth
- Katie Winkworth
- Norton
- Patrick Brontë
- Chapman
- Mr Nicholls
- Ellen Nussey
- Julia
- Madame Mohl
- Harriet Martineau
- George Eliot
- Lumb
- Hearn
- Haworth
- Geraldine Jewsbury
- Monckton Milnes
- Jane Eyre
- Susanna Winkworth
- Cran
- John Stevenson
- Mrs Davenport
- Emily Winkworth
- Willie
- Mrs Gaskell
- Ruskin
- William Turner
- Forster
- Adam Bede
- F. D. Maurice
- Scott
- William Stevenson
- Mary Green
- Thomas Wright
- Dickens
- Sylvia
- S. Williams
- Froude
- Mr Hale
- William Shaen
- Mary Taylor
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Manchester
- Charlotte Brontë
- Knutsford
- Paris
- Rome
- Silverdale
- Florence Nightingale
- America
- England
- Heidelberg
- India
- Brussels
- Edinburgh
- Italy
- Wales
- Ludlow
- Capesthorne
- Whitby
- Switzerland
- Crimea
- Scotland
- Cousin Phillis
- Venice
- France
- Sandlebridge
- Newcastle
- Skelwith
- Ambleside
- Sofa
- Gaskells
- Lewes
- Southport
- Glasgow
- Windermere
- Oxford
- Berwick
- Normandy
- Dieppe
- Pall Mall Gazette
- Kreuznach
- Cornhill
- Chelsea
- The Life
- York
- Alton
- Woodside
Authors & Contributors edit
- Graham Handley (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.8
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