Богатый фабрикант с промышленного севера Англии Джон Торнтон и блестяще образованная дочь скромного священника с юга Маргарет Хейл возненавидели друг друга с первого взгляда. Кто Джон в глазах девушки? Невежественный нувориш, считающий, что все в этом мире продается и покупается. А кто для него Маргарет? Заносчивая кисейная барышня, слишком многое о себе возомнившая, – особенно если учесть, что у ее отца нет ни гроша. Однако не зря говорят, что от ненависти до любви – один шаг, – противостояние...
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. During the years of novel-writing, she also published travel sketches and an assortment of essays. Her novels appeared in serial form in journals such as «Household Words» and «All the Year Round» edited by the renowned Charles Dickens and «Cornhill Magazine» edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Many of Gaskell's novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society,...
This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This collection includes 10 classics by this notable Victorian author, whose novels shown brutal and detailed portraits of lives of the poor, the orphans and the working class people in mid Victorian England. "Mary Barton" is set in the English city of Manchester and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. "The Moorland...
Elizabeth Gaskell's «The Life of Charlotte Bronte» is the official biography of Charlotte Bronte. Having been invited by the Bronte family to undertake the endeavor of writing Charlotte’s biography, Elizabeth Gaskell drew upon an exhaustive collection of letters, interviews of those who knew the author, and recollections of her own experiences with the author, whom she was a personal friend of. Elizabeth Gaskell as a fellow Victorian female writer brings great insight into the life and...
Elizabeth Gaskell's «Wives and Daughters» was originally published serially in «Cornhill Magazine» between August 1864 and January 1866. The work, which was left unfinished at the time of Gaskell's death in 1865, was completed by Frederick Greenwood. The novel is chiefly concerned with Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed Doctor, who upon visiting the Hamleys of Hamley Hall finds a substitute for her mother in Mrs. Hamley. «Wives and Daughters» is a classic 19th century...
This eBook edition of «Wives and Daughters» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Molly Gibson is a young girl who has been raised by her widowed father. During a visit to the local aristocratic 'great house' of Lord and Lady Cumnor, she loses her way in the estate and falls asleep under a tree. When she wakes up, she gets distressed at the thought of spending the night at the mansion, but to her relief, her father arrives to...
Widely believed to be her masterpiece, Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Wives and Daughters” was originally published serially in “Cornhill Magazine” between August 1864 and January 1866. The work, which was nearly finished at the time of Gaskell’s death in 1865, was completed by Frederick Greenwood. The novel’s heroine is Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed country doctor in a small town in England. Molly, lonely and motherless, is befriended by the Hamley family, who are landed gentry and...
Даже оставшись незавершенным из-за внезапной смерти Элизабет Гаскелл, ее последний роман признается критиками лучшим из произведений писательницы. Его заключительная часть была дописана журналистом и литератором Ф. Гринвудом по черновикам и письмам Гаскелл, где она делилась планами развития сюжета и дальнейшей судьбы героев. Роман «Жены и дочери» сравнивают с произведениями Шарлотты Бронте, с которой писательницу связывали добрые дружеские отношения. Главная героиня, шестнадцатилетняя дочь...
Enjoying the comforts of his well-kept home, country doctor William Harrison is prevailed upon by his longtime friend Charles, a bachelor, to dispense some advice on the «wooing and winning» of women’s affections. Lured to rural Duncombe by the promise of a partnership in a country practice, William fi nds himself trapped in claustrophobic provincial life where society is apparently presided over by the scheming of a set of under-occupied middle-aged women. Afterwards, the hapless young...
Классический викторианский роман Элизабет Гаскелл (1810–1865) описывает любовный треугольник на фоне прибрежного английского городка в бурную эпоху Наполеоновских войн. Жизнь и мечты красавицы Сильвии и двух ее возлюбленных разбиваются в хаосе большой истории. Глубокий и точный анализ неразделенной любви и невыносимой пропасти между долгом и желанием. На русском языке публикуется впервые.