Elizabeth Gaskell

[Tuly]

So I am a huge Gaskell fan. I have read Cranford and North and South (which is always confused with the civil war mini-series). I am currently reading Wives and Daughters. I love her female characters, they are strong and incredibly charitable. Here are some more of her publications. -

Novels

* Mary Barton (1848)
* Cranford (1851–3)
* Ruth (1853)
* North and South (1854–5)
* Sylvia's Lovers (1863)
* Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story (1865)

Novellas and collections

* The Moorland Cottage (1850)
* Mr. Harrison's Confessions (1851)
* The Old Nurse's Story (1852)
* Lizzie Leigh (1855)
* My Lady Ludlow (1859)
* Round the Sofa (1859)
* Lois the Witch (1861)
* A Dark Night's Work (1863)
* Cousin Phillis (1864)

Short stories (partial)

* Libbie Marsh's Three Eras (1847)
* Christmas Storms and Sunshine (1848)
* The Squire's Story (1853)
* Half a Life-time Ago (1855)
* An Accursed Race (1855)
* The Poor Clare (1856)
* "The Manchester Marriage" (1858), a chapter of A House to Let, co-written with Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Adelaide Anne Procter
* The Haunted House (1859), co-written with Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Adelaide Proctor, George Sala and Hesba Stretton.
* The Half-brothers (1859)
* The Grey Woman (1861)

Non-fiction

* The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)

Apparently Masterpiece Theater is showing Return to Cranford 1/10/10 and 1/17/10 on PBS - Yipeee!!

[Tuly]

I might consider a tail-gate party for Return to Cranford but instead of hot dogs and chili we will have tea and cookies.

[John]

I declare my love for the new productions of the Cranford sequels.
Brava Gaskell!

[Steve]

We're right in the middle of Wives and Daughters. Molly's stepmother is pretty much awesome.