Visits and Records – a list for further reading
Gaskell Society president Shirley Foster shares a reading list to accompany her 2024 Conference talk, ‘Visits and Records: nineteenth-century women travellers and their writings.
George Eliot’s Locations I – Chilvers Coton
As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ This […]
George Eliot’s Locations II – Astley, Griff House and Hollows
As we open our conference in Hinckley this year, I ask the question : ‘What is the importance of location in the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot?’ For […]
New booklet out now
Anthony Burton has written a new booklet that outlines just why Elizabeth Gaskell is the most versatile of storytellers. And it’s free to read!
Revolutionary Gaskell? A call for papers
We’re thrilled that there’s to be an exciting new Gaskell Conference taking place in Paris in April 2025. Annick Rello-Pommier tells us more and issues a call for papers.
News from Knutsford
Dr Diane Duffy shares news of her plans for our new season of study sessions for the 2024-2025 season.
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 enjoy reading. Contents The 2024 […]
Looking 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 the details for yet another […]
The 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 of Jane Eyre by Lady […]
The 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 she could.