Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865)[1] was an English writer.
She was born in Chelsea, London. After her mother died, she lived with her aunt in Knutsford, Cheshire. She married William Gaskell, a priest, in 1832. They lived in Manchester, where several of her books are set. She died of a heart attack in Holybourne, Hampshire.
Her most famous books are Mary Barton, Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. She also wrote a book of the life of her friend, writer Charlotte Brontë. Some of her books have been made into movies and television programmes.
Elizabeth Gaskell Media
Gaskell House, Plymouth Grove, Manchester
A scene from Cranford, illustrated by Sybil Tawse.
Elizabeth Gaskell, c. 1860
