Элизабет Гаскелл
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Классический викторианский роман Элизабет Гаскелл рассказывает о тихой жизни маленького городка со всеми её радостями и незатейливыми приключениями. Первоначально писательница задумала создать пару сатирических очерков, но Чарльз Диккенс уговорил ее написать целый роман, главы из которого публиковались в журнале “Домашнее чтение“. Ироничные и забавные зарисовки из жизни главной героини и ее подруг основаны на воспоминаниях самой Гаскелл. Эту книгу трижды экранизировала телекомпания ВВС, и...
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In «Gothic Tales,» Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), the eminent Victorian author, brings us nine chilling gothic stories. Collected here are tales that set a precedent for ghost and horror stories of the era. In «The Poor Clare» a young innocent girl named Lucy is haunted by an unrelenting ghost invoked by her aging grandmother. In the novella «Lois the Witch» the young Lois sails to America to join her distant family. She is greeted by a New England engulfed in the fever of the Salem witch...
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This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This collection contains the complete works of the great Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, including novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and a biography of Charlotte Bronte. Introduction: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Novels: Mary Barton The Moorland Cottage Cranford North and South Sylvia's Lovers Wives and Daughters A Dark Night's Work ...
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This eBook edition of «The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Introduction: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Short Stories & Novellas: Round the Sofa My Lady Ludlow An Accursed Race The Doom of the Griffiths Half a Life-Time Ago The Poor Clare The Half-Brothers Cousin Phillis Company Manners Mr. Harrison's Confessions The Sexton's Hero The Grey Woman ...
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This eBook edition of «Mary Barton» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Mary Barton is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class. John Barton is a questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relations between rich and poor. Soon his wife dies—he blames it on her grief over the disappearance of her sister Esther. Having already lost his son Tom...
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This ebook collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Introduction: "Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell" Novels: Mary Barton The Moorland Cottage Cranford Ruth North and South Sylvia's Lovers Wives and Daughters A Dark Night's Work Short Stories & Novellas: Round the Sofa My Lady Ludlow An Accursed Race The Doom of the Griffiths Half a Life-Time Ago The Poor Clare The...
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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Elizabeth Gaskell which are Mary Barton and North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell (born Sept. 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, Eng.died Nov. 12, 1865, nearAlton, Hampshire),English novelist, short-story writer, and first biographer of Charlotte Brontë. Novels selected for this book: ...
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Set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England, “North and South” is Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1855 novel that contrasts the different ways of life in the two respective regions of England. In the North the emerging industrialized society is sharply contrasted with the aging gentry of the agrarian based South. The plot of “North and South” centers around the main character Margaret Hale, the daughter of a non-conformist minister who moves his family to an industrial town in the...
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"Half a Life-time Ago" by Elizabeth Gaskell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
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"The Old Nurse's Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
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