ABSTRACT

A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations. It brings together Gaskell academics to provide readers with scholarship on her work and seeks to bring the crusading spirit and genius of the writer into the 21st century to take her place as a major Victorian writer.

part 1|19 pages

‘The Old Nurse’s Story’

chapter 1|17 pages

The Old Nurse’S Story.

part 2|32 pages

‘Morton Hall’

chapter 2|13 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 3|19 pages

Chapter II.

part 3|20 pages

‘My French Master’

chapter 4|7 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 5|11 pages

Chapter II.

part 4|15 pages

‘The Squire’s Story’

chapter 6|13 pages

The Squire’s Story

part 5|17 pages

‘Right at Last’

chapter 7|15 pages

Right at Last. a

part 6|24 pages

‘The Manchester Marriage’

chapter 8|22 pages

The Manchester Marriage.

part 7|12 pages

Round the Sofa

chapter 9|6 pages

Round The Sofa.

part 8|150 pages

‘My Lady Ludlow’

chapter 10|12 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 11|11 pages

Chapter II.

chapter 12|9 pages

Chapter III.

chapter 13|9 pages

Chapter IV.

chapter 14|10 pages

Chapter V.

chapter 15|10 pages

Chapter VI.

chapter 16|10 pages

Chapter VII.

chapter 17|11 pages

Chapter VIII.

chapter 18|11 pages

Chapter IX.

chapter 19|10 pages

Chapter X.

chapter 20|10 pages

Chapter XI.

chapter 21|13 pages

Chapter XII.

chapter 22|11 pages

Chapter XIII.

chapter 23|11 pages

Chapter XIV.

part 9|1 pages

Round the Sofa.

part 10|16 pages

‘An Accursed Race’

chapter 24|14 pages

An Accursed Race.

part 11|31 pages

‘The Doom of the Griffiths’

chapter 25|15 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 26|14 pages

Chapter II.

part 12|39 pages

‘Half a Life-Time Ago’

chapter 27|12 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 28|4 pages

Chapter II.

chapter 29|9 pages

Chapter III.

chapter 30|4 pages

Chapter IV.

chapter 31|8 pages

Chapter V.

part 13|46 pages

‘The Poor Clare’

chapter 32|10 pages

Chapter I.

chapter 33|22 pages

Chapter II.

chapter 34|12 pages

Chapter III.

part 14|11 pages

‘The Half-Brothers’

chapter 35|9 pages

The Half-Brothers.