The Gaskell Society Blog
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ALS Spring 2024 Newsletter
If you’re a member of the Gaskell Society, you’re affiliated to the Alliance of Literary Societies. Here’s their 2023 Autumn Newsletter, which we hope you’ll...
Read MoreLooking ahead to Conference 2024
It doesn’t seem like nearly two years since we gathered in Caernarvon for our Gaskell Society Conference; but here we are in February 2024, finalising...
Read MoreThe Life of Charlotte Brontë – The Aftermath
Elizabeth’s plan, in writing The Life of Charlotte Brontë, was to reframe her subject as a proper lady in order to counter the scathing reviews...
Read MoreThe Life of Charlotte Brontë – Collecting Resources
As soon as the commission to write the biography of Charlotte Brontë had been accepted, Elizabeth needed to collect information from as many sources as...
Read MoreGraduate Student Essay Prize 2024
Joan Leach Memorial Graduate Student Essay Prize 2024 Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2024 The Gaskell Journal runs a biennial Graduate Student Essay Prize in honour...
Read MoreSylvia’s Lovers – an Introduction
Our subject of our 2023-24 season of Knutsford discussions is Sylvia’s Lovers. Dr Diane Duffy offers an introduction to Gaskell’s only historical novel. Sylvia’s Lovers...
Read MoreThe Life of Charlotte Brontë – An Invitation to Write
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – an invitation to write Two months after the death of her friend, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote to George...
Read MoreSylvia’s Lovers – quotes V
To mark our new season of Knutsford discussions on Sylvia’s Lovers, Dr Diane Duffy has compiled a series of quotes from Chapters 30-37. These chapters...
Read MoreSylvia’s Lovers – quotes IV
To mark our new season of Knutsford discussions on Sylvia’s Lovers, Dr Diane Duffy has compiled a series of quotes from Chapters 24-29. These chapters...
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