Elizabeth Gaskell's two short novels in one volume!

Large print edition, with easy-to-read text, of Gaskells classic work.

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865), was a Victorian British writer. Her novels are fascinating to historians because they offer detailed portraits of people from every social class and she uses colloquialisms of the period. Of course, her books are also loved by a far wider audience for their moving stories, powerful relationships, social concern and the exploration of male authority. Her six novels are contained within two volumes: In Volume One: Mary Barton, Cranford, Ruth and North and South In Volume Two: Sylvia's Lovers and Wives and Daughters

England in den Wirren der industriellen Revolution: die selbstbewusste, prinzipientreue Pfarrerstochter Margaret Hale zieht mit ihren Eltern vom landlichen Suden in eine aufstrebende Metropole im Norden. Nur langsam gewohnt sie sich an den Rauch, den Larm und den rauen Umgangston. Als sie den erfolgreichen Fabrikbesitzer John Thornton kennenlernt, wird er zur Zielscheibe ihrer Vorurteile. Noch ahnt sie nicht, welch einflussreiche Rolle er bald in ihrem Leben spielen wird. - Der viktorianische Klassiker von Elizabeth Gaskell, der bereits zweimal von der BBC verfilmt wurde, liegt nun endlich in...

Sylvia's Lovers is a novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which she called "the saddest story I ever wrote."

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. It is subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life'.