A story of passion and unconditional love of a mother for her child.

Half a lifetime ago, there lived in one of the Westmoreland dales a single woman, of the name of Susan Dixon. She was owner of the small farm-house where she resided, and of some...

North and South is a social novel published in 1855 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. The novel is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in...

North and South is a social novel published in 1855 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton (1848), focused on...

The old nurse’s story” (1906) is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell , the Victorian writer.

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in Manchester between 1830 and 1840 and is responsible for the difficulties...

“A dark night’s work”( a short fiction novel) was written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1863. Elizabeth Gaskell's delight in the macabre is nowhere more evident...

Most critics agree that Cousin Phillis is Gaskell's crowning achievement in the short novel. The story is uncomplicated; its virtues are in the manner of its development and...

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...