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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 · 365,148 ratings · 27,622 reviews · 1,146 distinct works • Similar authors

	North and South 4.15 avg rating — 183,020 ratings — published 1855 — 1264 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 — 50,696 ratings — published 1866 — 17 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 — 47,881 ratings — published 1853 — 2346 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) 3.74 avg rating — 21,446 ratings — published 1848 — 9 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 — 9,818 ratings — published 1853 — 453 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 — 9,010 ratings — published 1857 — 5 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 — 4,645 ratings — published 1863 — 856 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 — 3,114 ratings — published 2000 — 30 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 — 3,138 ratings — published 1863 — 345 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 — 2,783 ratings — published 1850 — 120 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

4.38 avg rating — 138 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

1634 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

1207 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

538 likes

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Polls

January 2016 Old School Classic Poll

1880, Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 352 pages

27 votes, 19.1%

1880, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 796 pages

25 votes, 17.7%

1896, The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, 160 pages

21 votes, 14.9%

1857, The Professor by Charlotte Brontë, 269 pages

13 votes, 9.2%

1594, The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, 112 pages

11 votes, 7.8%

1796, The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis, 386 pages

8 votes, 5.7%

1857, Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, 985 pages

8 votes, 5.7%

1862, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 244 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1872In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 384 pages

7 votes, 5.0%

1853, Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell, 432 pages

6 votes, 4.3%

1838, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe, 288 pages

5 votes, 3.5%

1895, Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane, 272 pages

2 votes, 1.4%

1846, Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac, 468 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

141 total votes

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