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Treasured household names, including Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Julia McKenzie, brought Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford to life in...

'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant things are!'A portrait of the residents of an Englis...

With an Introduction and Notes by Professor Emeritus John Chapple, University of Hull.The sheer variety and accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell's s...

This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary ...

‘But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.’When Margaret Hale is uprooted from Hampshire and moves to th...

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by...

'A really remarkable picture of the reality, as well as the prosperity, of northern industrial life, and an interesting examination of changing soc...

In this witty and poignant comedy of early-Victorian life in a country town, Elizabeth Gaskell describes the uneventful lives of the lady-like inha...

"Cranford" depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village – their petty snobberies and appetite for gossip, and their l...

This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary ...

A novel that follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. It focuses on family relationships - father, daughter and st...

Binding: Paperback Languages: English Number Of Pages: 544 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Details: "Cranford" is the best known and most char...

  Gaskell s last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core a...

Poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are...

This book features an introduction by Peter Merchant, Department of English and Language Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University. In devoting ...

With an Introduction and Notes by Professor Emeritus John Chapple, University of Hull.The sheer variety and accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell's s...

'It is very pleasant dining with a bachelor...I only hope it is not improper; so many pleasant things are!'A portrait of the residents of an Englis...

Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteeth century rural England. At its core are f...

A leading psychologist explres what the development of extraordinary figures (Mozart, Freud, Woolf and Ghandi) can tell us of human capabilties and...