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Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years
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Manufacturer: Manchester University Press
Author: John Chapple
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Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780719025501
ISBN: 0719025508
Label: Manchester University Press
Manufacturer: Manchester University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 492
Publication Date: 1997-06-15
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Studio: Manchester University Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780719025501
ISBN: 0719025508
Label: Manchester University Press
Manufacturer: Manchester University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 492
Publication Date: 1997-06-15
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Studio: Manchester University Press
Editorial Review of Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years
This absorbing study of Elizabeth Gaskell's early life up to her marriage in 1832 is based almost entirely on new evidence. Also, using parish records, marriage settlements, property transfers, wills, record office documents, letters, journals and private papers, John Chapple has recreated the background of one of the nineteenth century's greatest novelists.
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Review Summary: Elizabeth Gaskell
Review: I see I'm the first person to review this book, and I can understand why. No one else has read it. That's because it's almost unreadable. The type is very small. The author cannot have omitted a single scrap of his copious research. His selection skills need honing. People with only remote connections to EG, and many with no connection at all, are discussed in tedious detail.
Review Summary: Elizabeth Gaskell
Review: I see I'm the first person to review this book, and I can understand why. No one else has read it. That's because it's almost unreadable. The type is very small. The author cannot have omitted a single scrap of his copious research. His selection skills need honing. People with only remote connections to EG, and many with no connection at all, are discussed in tedious detail.
This book is definitely not for the common reader. The details may interest other scholars, and the author is probably justifiably proud of all the new facts he's unearthed, but these do not make for compelling, or even interesting, reading by ordinary fans of literary biographies.