Elizabeth Gaskell(1810-1865) was a nineteenth century novelist and short story writer whose works were popular at the time but are now largely forgotten. I, at any rate had not heard of Elizabeth Gaskell until assigned Cranford by 1001 books. It was published serially in 1851 in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens, an ( Read more... )

( Fans of Industrial Strife: North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell )