![]() Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–1853), North and South (1854–55), and Wives and Daughters (1865), all of which were adapted for television by the BBC. In this biography, she wrote only of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë's life the rest she omitted, deciding certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor. ![]() Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ( née Stevenson 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. ![]()
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