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.
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...
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...