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I'm back, having graduated from a splint to a brace in just one week, and the doctor's orders to do whatever. "If it hurts, the...

I used to think the perfect year would jump from spring to fall, but lately I am truly starting to appreciate summer. Maybe it's because...

A few years ago, my regional JASNA organization had a meeting in which we looked at how Jane Austen influenced other writers.  ...

A few years ago, along with countless other readers I fell in love with Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South after discovering it first ...

Last week's Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentennial Blog Tour on September 29th was a great success. I had fun participating in it, and I defini...

According to the Jenny Uglo bio of Elizabeth Gaskell( Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories ), Gaskell intended Cousin Phillis (Victorian Co...

Today's online New York Times has an excerpt from Graham Greene: A Life in Letters , edited by Richard Greene. The excerpt is a letter...

Mary-Laure left a comment on the previous blog entry asking for a recommendation on which Gaskell to read first. Here are my thoughts...

I posted on the similarities of plot lines here ; the background on Gaskell and her reputation pre-N&S here ; similarities of language a...

I've finished Sylvia's Lovers and have been digesting a bit before posting my thoughts on it. To aid in the digestion, I read the s...

I stumbled across this blog with a recipe for Lancashire Hotpot (i.e., the dish that John Thornton in North and South mentions as one of th...

I posted on the similarities of plot lines here ; the background on Gaskell and her reputation pre-N&S here ; and similarities of langua...

TeresaAF from Elegant Extracts made an interesting comment on my post about the similarities between P&P and N&S with regards to th...

I posted on the similarities of plot lines here , and the background on Gaskell and her reputation pre-N&S here . So the next step is to...

I haven't yet read Hard Times but it's coming up soon so I was particularly intrigued with the write up of this summer's Dickens...

A few weeks ago, I posted about what I saw as the striking similarities between Pride and Prejudice and North and South . Now, I'd like ...

Let me tell you about a love story between a woman and a man whose initial encounter was marred by prejudice, misunderstanding, and pride to...

The discussion of N&S in the Uglow biography was immediately preceded by a discussion of Gaskell’s relationship with Florence Nightingal...