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Excerpt from The Life of Charlotte Bronte, Vol. 1 of 2: Author of "Jane Eyre, " "Shirley, " "Villette, " &C, Plan of school-keeping revived and abandoned - Deplorable conduct of Branwell Bronte and its consequences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-...

Excerpt from Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. 3 of 3 And now Philip seemed as prosperous as his heart could desire. The business flourished, and money beyond his moderate wants came in. As for himself he required very little, but he had always looked forward to placing his idol in a befitting shrine, and means for this were now furnished to him. The dress, the comforts, the position he had desired for Sylvia were all hers. She did not need to do a strok...

A story of class struggle, sometimes violent, in the North West of England

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Scegliendo le parole con la cura e la pacatezza di un abile intarsiatore la Gaskell racconta con straordinaria delicatezza la storia di Phillis, cugina del diciannovenne Paul, e si esprime attraverso una sorta di realismo in bilico tra due ideali: da una parte la campagna, armoniosa e immobile, e dall'altra la città con il suo dinamismo ineluttabile e divoratore". (Kate Singleton)

Follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the north. This book uses a love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a industrial society. It traces the origins of problems and possibilities which are still challenging a hundred and fifty years later.

Excerpt from The Life Charlotte Bronte, Author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, Vol. 2 of 2The Quarterly Review on Jane Eyre - Severe illness of Anne Bronte - Her last verses - She is removed to Scarborough - Her last hours, and death and burial there - Charlotte's return to Haworth, and her loneliness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a...

Excerpt from Round the Sofa, Vol. 2 Mr.Dawson had often come in and out of the room during the time that this sister had been telling us about Lady Ludlow. He would stop, and listen a little, and smile or sigh as the case might be. The Monday after the dear old lady had wound up her tale (if tale it could be called), we felt rather at a loss what to talk about, we had grown so accustomed to listen to Mrs. Dawson. I remember I was saying, "Oh,...

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It is a great thing for a lad when he is first turned into the independence of lodgings. I do not think I ever was so satisfied and proud in my life as when, at seventeen, I sate down in a little three-cornered room above a pastry-cook's shop in the county town of Eltham. My father ...

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Gaskell's witty and poignant comedy of country town life A gently comic picture of life in an English country town in the mid-nineteenth century, "Cranford" describes the small adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle- aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances. Rich with humor and filled with vividly memorable characters -- including the dignified Lady Glenmire and the duplicitous showman Signo...

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In the last few decades Elizabeth Gaskell has become a figure of growing importance in the field of Victorian literary studies. She produced work of great variety and scope in the course of a highly successful writing career that lasted for about twenty years from the mid-1840s to her unexpected death in 1865. The essays in this Companion draw on recent advances in biographical and bibliographical studies of Gaskell and cover the range of her ...

England in den Wirren der industriellen Revolution : Nachdem ihr Vater der Kirche Englands aus Gewissensgründen den Rücken gekehrt hat, ist die junge und behütet aufgewachsene Margaret Hale gezwungen, mit ihrer Familie vom idyllischen Süden in den industriell geprägten Norden des Landes zu übersiedeln. Sie freundet sich rasch mit dem gewerkschaftlich engagierten Weber Nicholas Higgins an und ist zutiefst schockiert ob des ständig schwelenden K...

England in den Wirren der industriellen Revolution : Nachdem ihr Vater der Kirche Englands aus Gewissensgründen den Rücken gekehrt hat, ist die junge und behütet aufgewachsene Margaret Hale gezwungen, mit ihrer Familie vom idyllischen Süden in den industriell geprägten Norden des Landes zu übersiedeln. Sie freundet sich rasch mit dem gewerkschaftlich engagierten Weber Nicholas Higgins an und ist zutiefst schockiert ob des ständig schwelenden K...

A sensitive and moving portrait of life and manners in an English country village during the 1830s, Cranford recounts the events and activities in the lives of a group of spinsters and widows.