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Elizabeth Gaskell   /ɪlˈɪzəbəθ gˈæskəl/   Listen
Elizabeth Gaskell

noun
1.
English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865).  Synonyms: Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, Gaskell.





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"Elizabeth Gaskell" Quotes from Famous Books



... MRS. GASKELL. Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) began, like Kingsley, with the idea of making the novel the instrument of social reform. As the wife of a clergyman in Manchester, she had come in close contact with the struggles and ideals of the industrial poor of a great city, and she reflected her sympathy as ...
— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long


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