Most Recent Role: on Masterpiece Theatre
Alias Name(s): Mrs Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
Gender: Female
Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: 9-29-1810
Birth Name: Elizabeth Stevenson
Date of Death: 11-12-1865
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Alias Name(s): Mrs Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
Gender: Female
Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: 9-29-1810
Birth Name: Elizabeth Stevenson
Date of Death: 11-12-1865
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Elizabeth Gaskell was a 19th Century writer whose vivid novels of Victorian life are difficult to compare in terms of accuracy in social observation.
She was the daughter of William Stevenson, a clergyman, who also had a talent for writing. Elizabeth grew up with her aunt in Knutsford, a small village which was the inspiration for the novel Cranford and Hollingford (Wives and Daughters)...
Most Recent Appearance
Cranford (1)
Sunday 4 May 2008 on PBS
"Cranford" is a 2007 British television drama serial, adapted by the BBC from Elizabeth Gaskell's novel 'Cranford', and from her novellas 'My Lady Ludlow' and 'Mr. Harrison's Confessions', and also from an article of hers titled 'The Last Generation in England'. The BBC series originally aired...
Gaskell's novels have been succesfully turned into films by the BBC:
North and South (premiered on BBC in 2004, on DVD in 2007), starring Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage.
Wives and Daughters (premiered on BBC in 1999, on DVD in 2007), starring Justine Waddell and Ben Paterson. (edit) The original title of the novel North and South was Margaret Hale. (edit) Gaskell's final novel, Wives and Daughter, described as her best work was unfinished at the time of her death. (edit) Gaskell's novel Cousin Phyllis was published in 1864. (edit) Gaskell's novel Sylvia's Lovers was published in 1863. (edit)
North and South (premiered on BBC in 2004, on DVD in 2007), starring Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage.
Wives and Daughters (premiered on BBC in 1999, on DVD in 2007), starring Justine Waddell and Ben Paterson. (edit) The original title of the novel North and South was Margaret Hale. (edit) Gaskell's final novel, Wives and Daughter, described as her best work was unfinished at the time of her death. (edit) Gaskell's novel Cousin Phyllis was published in 1864. (edit) Gaskell's novel Sylvia's Lovers was published in 1863. (edit)
Elizabeth Gaskell: The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
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Other Appearances
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Masterpiece Theatre
Wives and Daughters (3) Story |
Masterpiece Theatre
Wives and Daughters (2) Story |
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Masterpiece Theatre
Wives and Daughters (1) Story |
Masterpiece Theatre
Cranford (1) Story |
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