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Elizabeth Gaskell

Born

in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, England, The United Kingdom

September 29, 1810

Died

November 12, 1865

Genre

Fiction, Classics

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English 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.

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Elizabeth Gaskell’s books

Average rating: 4.01 · 367,619 ratings · 28,004 reviews · 1,045 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 184,249 ratings — published 1855 — 1276 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Pam Morris (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 50,873 ratings — published 1866 — 846 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 48,191 ratings — published 1853 — 2914 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 21,555 ratings — published 1848 — 143 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruth 3.87 avg rating — 9,927 ratings — published 1853 — 457 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.85 avg rating — 9,038 ratings — published 1857 — 471 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley Foster (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 4,669 ratings — published 1863 — 872 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell, Laura Kranzler (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 3,125 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell, Jenny Uglow (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 3,183 ratings — published 1863 — 346 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moorland Cottage 3.73 avg rating — 2,822 ratings — published 1850 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South (2 books)
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Elizabeth Gaskell

4.39 avg rating — 137 ratings

Wives and Daughters (2 books)
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4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings

Collected Tales (2 books)
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Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell (?)

“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

tags: folly, preference, wisdom

1633 likes

“How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

tags: evil, judgement, right

1206 likes

“I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you do not understand me.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

tags: prejudice, understanding

540 likes

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Polls

April 2018 Old School Poll

The Art of War by Sun Tzu -500, 273 pages

49 votes, 14.8%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

48 votes, 14.5%

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 1866, 679 pages

29 votes, 8.7%

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445 pages

28 votes, 8.4%

Silas Marner by George Eliot 1861, 262 pages

26 votes, 7.8%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages

25 votes, 7.5%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1895, 592 pages

22 votes, 6.6%

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 1860, 579 pages

19 votes, 5.7%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862, 455 pages

18 votes, 5.4%

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown 1390, 144 pages

18 votes, 5.4%

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell 1848, 437 pages

16 votes, 4.8%

Confessions by Augustine of Hippo 397, 341 pages

8 votes, 2.4%

Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado de Assis 1880, 236 pages

8 votes, 2.4%

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane 1894, 272 pages

7 votes, 2.1%

Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas 1845, 542 pages

6 votes, 1.8%

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain 1873, 528 pages

5 votes, 1.5%

332 total votes

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