Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's classic book of 8 short stories shows life in Germany during the French Revolution, and in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution. Lightly edited for modern readers, this Inwood Commons Modern Edition includes translations from French and standardized spelling. The bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices. The Gray Woman A young German woman is pressured into marriage only to discover her husband has a deadly secret. Weird If True An English tourist gets lost in the woods in France and stumbles into a strange party. Six Weeks in Heppenheim An English college graduate accidentally spends six weeks in a small German town. Libbie Marsh's Three Eras A lonely seamstress befriends a sick little boy in Manchester. Christmas Storms and Sunshine Rival political newspaper employees live in the same building in Manchester and clash during Christmas. Hand and Heart A little English boy tries to be kind in difficult situations. Bessy's Problems at Home A teenage girl tries to manage the house and her five siblings while her mother is away. Disappearances A writer laments that the new detective police will prevent unexplained disappearances from being plot points in the future.

The Gray Woman and Other Stories (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

Literature & Fiction

Cleghorn, Gaskell Elizabeth

Genre Fiction

Inwood Commons Publishing

Wives and Daughters, Volume I

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Literary

BiblioBazaar

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. It is subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life'.

Mary Barton

Contemporary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton.

North and South

A Dark Night's Work

Independently published

Cranford is a witty portrait of small town life in early-Victorian England. The story unfolds through the eyes of Mary Smith, a young woman who observes the comedic struggles of two middle aged sisters in their efforts to maintain a level of refined dignity amid poverty.

Cranford

Ruth Annotated

Short Stories & Anthologies

Mary Barton Annotated

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