elizabeth gaskell

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Definition of elizabeth 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)

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Elizabeth Cleghorn 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)

Hyphenation

E·liz·a·beth Gas·kell

Turkish pronunciation

îlîzıbıth gäskıl

Pronunciation

/əˈləzəbəᴛʜ ˈgaskəl/ /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ ˈɡæskəl/