This collection contains the complete works of the great Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, including novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and a biography of Charlotte Bronte.Introduction:Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellNovels:Mary BartonThe Moorland CottageCranfordRuthNorth and SouthSylvia''s LoversWives and DaughtersA Dark Night''s WorkShort Stories & Novellas:Round the SofaMy Lady LudlowAn Accursed RaceThe Doom of the GriffithsHalf a Life-Time AgoThe Poor ClareThe Half-BrothersCousin PhillisCompany MannersMr. Harrison''s ConfessionsThe Sexton''s HeroThe Grey WomanCurious if TrueSix Weeks at HeppenheimLibbie Marsh''s Three ErasChristmas Storms and SunshineHand and HeartBessy''s Troubles at HomeDisappearancesLizzie LeighThe Well of Pen-MorthaThe Heart of John MiddletonTraits and Stories of the HuguenotsMorton HallMy French MasterThe Squire''s StoryRight at LastThe Manchester MarriageLois the WitchThe Crooked BranchThe Old Nurse''s StoryClopton HouseCrowley CastleTwo Fragments of Ghost StoriesThe Shah''s English GardenerMartha PrestonThe Deserted MansionUncle PeterA Visit to EtonThe Cage at CranfordSome Passages from the History of the Chomley FamilyThe Ghost in the Garden RoomPoetry:Sketches Among the PoorBranThe Scholar''s StoryOther Works:The Life of Charlotte BrontëThe Last Generation in EnglandCumberland Sheep-ShearersTraits and Stories of The HugenotsModern Greek SongsFrench LifeAn Italian InstitutionShamsA Fear for the FutureBiography:Mrs. Gaskell and Knutsford by George A. PayneElizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell''s best known novels are Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.
