Ruth is a social  novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in three volumes in 1853.Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the...

Elizabeth Gaskell is a prominent figure in Victorian literature. "Lois the witch" (1861) is a story from gloomy implications. Lois, was recently orphaned, is forced to...

“The poor clare” is a dark novel with a Gothic atmosphere. Intertwine love thwarted and a family curse, which illustrate clearly the social tensions of Victorian...

“ My French master” is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1853. The British author is considered one of the most representative of the Victorian age.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a English novelist and short story writer during the...

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a English novelist and short story writer during the...

A country lawyer, Edward Wilkins has an artistic and literary personality, unsuited to his social position as the son of a successful lawyer who takes over his father's practice...

Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie...

Ruth is a young orphan girl working in a respectable sweatshop for the overworked Mrs Mason. She is selected to go to a ball to repair torn dresses. At the ball she meets the...

Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie...