1810–1865 · English novelist
Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist of the Victorian era, admired for her keen social observation in works such as Cranford and North and South, and for her landmark biography of Charlotte Brontë.
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Novels
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
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| 1 | 1848 | Mary Barton A worker’s daughter faces love, poverty, and a murder trial. | Novel | 18 h 34 min | Free to startRead free |
| 2 | 1851 | Cranford Women in a small town balance social rules and friendship. | Novel | 8 h 5 min | Free to startRead free |
| 3 | 1854 | North and South A clergyman’s daughter encounters love and conflict in a mill town. | Novel | 20 h 45 min | Free to startRead free |
| 4 | 1858 | My Lady Ludlow A country widow resists schooling for the village poor. | Novel | 8 h 46 min | Free to startRead free |
Stories and shorter works
| # | First published | Book | Kind | Listening time | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1858 | A House to Let An empty house links stories of the people behind its doors. | Stories | 3 h 53 min | Free to startRead free |
| 2 | · | Curious, If True: Strange Tales Ghosts, curses and human cruelty threaten lives across five tales. | Stories | 11 h 9 min | Free to startRead free |
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About Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist of the Victorian era, admired for her keen social observation in works such as Cranford and North and South, and for her landmark biography of Charlotte Brontë.
- Born
- 1810
- Died
- 1865
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