Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Person
Biographical Note
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) was also a British novelist and poet, probably best known for North and South (1854–1855), Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story (1864–1866), and Cranford (1851–1853). She is also known as a close friend and biographer of novelist Charlotte Brontë, publishing The Life of Charlotte Brontë in 1857.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-119
Abstract
The Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and Ellen Archer Letters contain one [ca. mid-1800s] letter by Gaskell to a friend declining an invitation to spend the evening together and four letters from Archer to F. Redway about the history and sale of Charlotte Brontë's Bible, which Archer acquired through her and Brontë's friend William Green. Gaskell was also a friend and biographer of Charlotte Brontë. The collection was acquired along with the Bronte Bible (as it is now called), which is cataloged...
Dates:
[ca. mid-1800s], 1909