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Gaskell

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Gas·kell  (gskl), Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson 1810-1865.
British writer noted for her Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) and her novels depicting the oppression of workers in 19th-century England.

Gaskell [ˈgæskəl]
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(Biographies / Gaskell, Mrs (1810-1865) F, English, WRITING: novelist) Mrs. married name of Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson. 1810-65, English novelist. Her novels include Mary Barton (1848), an account of industrial life in Manchester, and Cranford (1853), a social study of a country village
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Noun1.Gaskell - English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)Gaskell - English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)


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Gaskell was authoress also of many stories, long and short, of which the best known is 'Cranford' (1853), a charming portrayal of the quaint life of a secluded village.
 
 
 
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