Elizabeth Gaskell was one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels were known for their vivid depiction of Victorian society and many of them have been adapted into critically acclaimed films and television series. Cranford is one of Gaskell's greatest novels. The book has no discernible plot, instead it is a sharp collection of satirical sketches which portrayed some of the changing customs in Victorian England.

Elizabeth Gaskell was one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels were known for their vivid depiction of Victorian society and many of them have been adapted into critically acclaimed films and television series. Mr. Harrison's Confessions is a prequel novella to Cranford. This classic comedy of errors story centers around a young English doctor.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer.Susan and Michael were to be married in April. He had already gone to take possession of his new farm, three or four miles away from Yew Nook--but that is neighbouring, according to the acceptation of the word in that thinly-populated district, --when William Dixon fell ill. He came home one evening, complaining of head-ache and pains in his limbs.

Cranford is one of the better-known novels of the 19th-century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published, irregularly, in eight instalments, between December 1851 and May 1853, in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. It was then published, with minor revision, in book form in 1853.The first instalment (in Household Words), which became the novel's first two chapters, was originally published "as a self-contained sketch,"and the "irregular way" the further seven instalments were published suggests that it took Mrs Gaskell time to think of making...

Elizabeth Gaskell was one of the greatest writers of the Victorian era. Gaskell's novels were known for their vivid depiction of Victorian society and many of them have been adapted into critically acclaimed films and television series. Mr. Harrison's Confessions is a prequel novella to Cranford. This classic comedy of errors story centers around a young English doctor. Cranford is one of Gaskell's greatest novels. The book has no discernible plot, instead it is a sharp collection of satirical sketches which portrayed some of the changing customs in Victorian England.