Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865
1,734 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
A British 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. (Source)
Also published as: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Claghorn Gaskell, Elizabeth C. Gaskell, Claghorn Elizabeth Gaskell, Cleghorn Elizabeth Gaskell
Most-read books
Cranford
4.1 · 1853 · 132 want to read
North and South
3.9 · 1855 · 93 want to read
Wives and daughters
3.8 · 1866 · 49 want to read
Mary Barton
3.4 · 1848 · 47 want to read
Sylvia\'s Lovers Complete
4.3 · 1863 · 34 want to read
The Haunted House
3 · 1859 · 26 want to read
The Life of Charlotte Bronte
1857 · 24 want to read
The Twelve Frights of Christmas
4 · 1986 · 15 want to read
Gothic Tales
3.5 · 2000 · 14 want to read
Ruth (volume II)
3.3 · 1853 · 16 want to read
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century
1983 · 15 want to read
Classic Ghost Stories
2003 · 12 want to read
Curses
4 · 1989 · 8 want to read
The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century
5 · 1995 · 8 want to read
The Norton Anthology of English Literature -- Seventh Edition -- Volume 2B --The Victorian Age
1999 · 7 want to read
Lois the Witch
4 · 1960 · 6 want to read
Cousin Phillis
4 · 1865 · 5 want to read
My Lady Ludlow
1858 · 4 want to read
The Book of the Dead
1986 · 5 want to read
Mr. Harrison's Confessions
4 · 2004 · 3 want to read
The Moorland Cottage
1850 · 4 want to read
Tales of Mystery and Horror
4 · 1978 · 3 want to read
Further letters of Mrs. Gaskell
4 · 2000 · 3 want to read
A House to Let
5 · 1858 · 3 want to read