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Elizabeth Gaskell : the early years / John Chapple.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chapple, J. A. V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865--Childhood and youth.
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn.
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
- Women and literature--England--History--19th century.
- Women and literature.
- England.
- History.
- Women novelists, English--19th century--Biography.
- Women novelists, English.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [460]-474) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0719025508
- OCLC:
- 35593865
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