Elizabeth Gaskell: A Portrait in Letters - Brossura

Chapple, J. A. V.

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ISBN 10: 0719077893 ISBN 13: 9780719077890

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2007

Riassunto

Elizabeth Gaskell is best known as a novelist and biographer, but she was also a lively and sensitive letter writer, with a vivacious interest in all that was going on around her.

This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a biography of Elizabeth Gaskell largely in her own words. It is in chronological order, with special chapters devoted to her family life, her travels, her charities and her life as an author who was also a wife and mother, in a period when Victorian society and culture were undergoing major changes--especially apparent in Manchester where she lived.

Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as a woman of intelligence, integrity and grace, with an enchanting sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity about life, a deep regard for truth and a boundless sympathy for others.

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J. A. V. Chapple is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Hull

Assisted John Geoffrey Sharps

J. A. V. Chapple is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Hull

Assisted by John Geoffrey Sharps

J. A. V. Chapple is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Hull

Assisted John Geoffrey Sharps

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Elizabeth Gaskell is best known as a novelist and biographer, but she was also a lively and sensitive letter writer, with a vivacious interest in all that was going on around her.This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a biography of Elizabeth Gaskell largely in her own words. It is in chronological order, with special chapters devoted to her family life, her travels, her charities and her life as an author who was also a wife and mother, in a period when Victorian society and culture were undergoing major changes--especially apparent in Manchester where she lived. Elizabeth Gaskell emerges as a woman of intelligence, integrity and grace, with an enchanting sense of humour, an insatiable curiosity about life, a deep regard for truth and a boundless sympathy for others.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0719077893
• ISBN 13: 9780719077890
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 172
• Redattore: Sharps John Geoffrey
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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