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Definition of elizabeth cleghorn gaskell in English English dictionary
- orig. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson known as Mrs. Gaskell born Sept. 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, Eng. died Nov. 12, 1865, near Alton, Hampshire British writer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, Gaskell also married a Unitarian minister and began writing in middle age. Cranford (1853), her most popular novel, and the unfinished Wives and Daughters (1864-66), perhaps her best, are about the lives of country villagers. Mary Barton (1848), Ruth (1853), and North and South (1855) examine social problems of the urban working class. In 1857 she wrote the first biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë (see Brontë sisters)
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- orig. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson known as Mrs. Gaskell born Sept. 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, Eng. died Nov. 12, 1865, near Alton, Hampshire British writer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, Gaskell also married a Unitarian minister and began writing in middle age. Cranford (1853), her most popular novel, and the unfinished Wives and Daughters (1864-66), perhaps her best, are about the lives of country villagers. Mary Barton (1848), Ruth (1853), and North and South (1855) examine social problems of the urban working class. In 1857 she wrote the first biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë (see Brontë sisters)
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E·liz·a·beth cleghorn Gas·kellTurkish pronunciation
îlîzıbıth kleghırn gäskılPronunciation
/əˈləzəbəᴛʜ ˈkleghərn ˈgaskəl/ /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ ˈklɛɡhɜrn ˈɡæskəl/
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