The Gaskell Society

The Gaskell Society

Celebrating the life and work of Elizabeth Gaskell

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. […]

What’s the Craic with… Elizabeth Gaskell?

In October 2022, our Chair, Libby Tempest (pictured), talked to journalist Danny Moran about just why she loves Elizabeth Gaskell so much. This is a longer version of the interview, […]

A Visit to the Parsonage

Dr Diane Duffy heads across  the Pennines to visit a very special library. On 15th July 2022 I visited the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. The visit had been planned back […]

The Gaskell Conference – Part 2

On Sunday morning, we awoke not only to more blue skies and glorious sunshine, but to more first-rate speakers…. Dr Emma Liggins talked us through the rudiments of the Female […]

The Gaskell Conference – Part 1

Our Chair, Libby Tempest looks back the first part of our 2022 Conference, during which strong women, spectacular scenery and equally spectacularly ice cream are all splendidly celebrated.   Would […]

Gaskell on Demand!

The BBC is offering a few wonderful Gaskell treats to UK viewers and listeners at the moment, with works featured in TV cultural documentaries, plus readings and dramatisations on the radio. Watch and […]

The Gaskells in Wales

To celebrate our forthcoming Conference in Caernarfon, North Wales, Dr Diane Duffy has revisited the works and letters of Elizabeth and her family to learn more about their links with Wales.