
Elizabeth Gaskell
A Portrait in Letters
John Chapple(Author)
Manchester University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-7190-7789-0 (ISBN)
Description
Elizabeth Gaskell is best known as a novelist and biographer, but she was also a lively and sensitive letter writer, with a vivacious interest in all that was going on around her.
This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a biography of Elizabeth Gaskell largely in her own words. It is in chronological order, with special chapters devoted to her family life, her travels, her charities and her life as an author who was also a wife and mother, in a period when Victorian society and culture were undergoing major changes--especially apparent in Manchester where she lived.
Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as a woman of intelligence, integrity and grace, with an enchanting sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity about life, a deep regard for truth and a boundless sympathy for others. -- .
This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a biography of Elizabeth Gaskell largely in her own words. It is in chronological order, with special chapters devoted to her family life, her travels, her charities and her life as an author who was also a wife and mother, in a period when Victorian society and culture were undergoing major changes--especially apparent in Manchester where she lived.
Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as a woman of intelligence, integrity and grace, with an enchanting sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity about life, a deep regard for truth and a boundless sympathy for others. -- .
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-7789-0 (9780719077890)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
04/1986
Manchester University Press
€47.91
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Person
J. A. V. Chapple is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Hull
Assisted by John Geoffrey Sharps -- .
Assisted by John Geoffrey Sharps -- .
Content
Introduction
1. Early influences
2. Marriage
3. Contrasts of the Forties
4. Home in Manchester
5. Family life
6. Growing pains
7. Travels
8. Charities
9. The lives of authors
10. Ars longa, vita brevis
Index. -- .
1. Early influences
2. Marriage
3. Contrasts of the Forties
4. Home in Manchester
5. Family life
6. Growing pains
7. Travels
8. Charities
9. The lives of authors
10. Ars longa, vita brevis
Index. -- .