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Author: Jane GaskellBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear particularly along edges and corners with some small sections missing, previous seller...

Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the the BBC adaptation of Cranford in 2004 Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on...

Penguin Classics relaunch. When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Beware the self-righteous man of faith, the wicked-eyed child, the jealous lover. For this is Salem, in 1691, where rumours fly...

The first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist, which was almost single-handedly responsible for creating the Bronte myth Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte...

A new edition of Gaskell's witty and poignant comedy of country town life Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is...

This is a tale of Dives and Lazarus, of the comfortable pinnacle and the miserable base of the Victorian social pyramid. It is told, however, without simplification and without hatred.

Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the the BBC adaptation of Cranford in 2004 Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on...

Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow workers, but Mary wants to make a better life for them both....

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The first truly critical edition of Hardy's most controversial novel, presenting a "clean" text in which Hardy's own light punctuation is restored.

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of Victorian biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë chronicles...

Mary Barton(1848),subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life',is the first novel by Mrs Gaskell(1810-65).The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.The background story is Manchester in...

Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 

Gaskell's moving story of a fallen woman's path to redemption Ruth Hilton is an orphaned young seamstress who catches the eye of a gentleman, Henry Bellingham, who is captivated by...

The Great Auk is one of the world's most famous extinct birds. It was undoubtedly a most curious creature: a flightless bird with tiny wings, it stood upright like a...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 'How am I to dress up in my finery,...

Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling tales of the supernatural Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings,...

Penguin Classics relaunch Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making...

This fascinating anthology is a dive into the personal letters of some of the brightest literary minds in history. This collection is a look into the personal lives of some...

The definitive collection of tales of the supernatural, edited by Michael Newton 'The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible... He changes with the...

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 A rich, comic and illuminating portrait of life in a small town, Cranford has moved and entertained readers for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath our feet lies a world of staggering complexity — a dynamic, layered planet shaped by forces operating...

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Author: S. Martin GaskellBinding: HardbackPublished: MANSELL PUBLISHING LIMITED, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic work chronicles the intricate history of...

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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to this day entrances readers with its passionate portrayal of a woman struggling to make a life for herself in a cruel and indifferent world. As...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 'The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I...

Author: Susan DunlapBinding: HardbackPublished: St. Martin's Press, 1986Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling mystery, The Last Annual Slugfest: A Mystery, chronicles a perplexing event surrounding a...