Elizabeth Gaskell
2) Uncle Peter
Elizabeth Gaskell was a British author during the Victorian era, and her novels are notable for detailed descriptions of the different classes of society in 19th century Britain.
7) Mary Barton
8) Ruth
10) North and south
11) Cranford
14) The Poor Clare
A lawyer’s search for a missing heir has him dealing with curses, demons, and nuns in this chilling gothic tale by the author of Mary Barton.
A London lawyer is hired to locate the rightful heir to a sizeable estate in Ireland. His search leads him to Bridget Fitzgerald, a lonely Catholic housekeeper with an affinity for magic. Then he meets a beautiful young woman named Lucy who lives a pious life on the moors. When the...15) Lizzie Leigh
A mother searches for her missing daughter in this short tale of love and Victorian morality from the author of Cranford and North and South.
Eager to see the world, young Lizzie Leigh leaves her childhood home behind to work in Manchester, England. Sadly, she is soon led astray and finds herself pregnant with an illegitimate child. After she abandons her job, her family discovers what she has done. Her father, James,
...16) Sylvia's Lovers
17) My Lady Ludlow
19) Curious, If True
A farmer in nineteenth-century England is torn between love and her sense of duty in this novella by the author of Wives and Daughters and Cranford.
Susan Dixon is a hardworking, respected farmer living alone in the Westmorland Dales in northwest England. But that wasn’t always the case. She was once surrounded by her father and mother, her brother, and her beloved, the handsome Michael Hurst. Time and time again,...