In the Footsteps of Mrs Gaskell – join us in Italy
Exciting news for Gaskell Society members! We are offering a trip to Rome, to visit the city Gaskell loved above all others… Please note that the Rome trip has now […]
Wives and Daughters quotes VI
We now visit Chapters 40-49 in our continuing our series of quotes from Wives and Daughters, compiled by Dr Diane Duffy. These chapters will be covered in her March 2023 […]
Not Only, But ALSo
For many years now, the Gaskell Society has been a member of the Alliance of Literary Societies (ALS). Please find a link to their Autumn 2022 newsletter in which there’s […]
Wives and Daughters quotes V
We now visit Chapters 40-50 in our continuing series of quotes from Wives and Daughters, compiled by Dr Diane Duffy. These chapters will be covered in her March 2023 meeting […]
“No reader should be afraid of Elizabeth Gaskell”
Last week, Society members were surprised and a bit disturbed to read in three national newspapers that Warwick University English Department had decided to put ‘trigger warnings’ on Mary Barton. […]
Wives and Daughters quotes IV
We now visit Chapters 31-40 in our continuing our series of quotes from Wives and Daughters, compiled by Dr Diane Duffy. These chapters will be covered in her February 2023 […]
Wives and Daughters quotes III
We now visit Chapters 21-30 in our continuing our series of quotes from Wives and Daughters, compiled by Dr Diane Duffy. These chapters will be covered in her January 2023 […]
Wives and Daughters quotes II
Continuing our series of quotes from Wives and Daughters, compiled by Dr Diane Duffy, we now have chapters 11-20, covered in her November meeting. You can read her discussion Points to […]
Wives and Daughters quotes I
To complement our Knutsford meetings, Dr Diane Duffy has compiled quotes from this season’s featured novel, Wives and Daughters. Her October meeting covers chapters 1-10, so here’s her selection from those chapters. […]