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SUMMARY:Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2026
DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n 				\n				\n				\n				\n					This event has passed. \n				\n				\n				\n				\n					\n	Gaskell Society Annual General Meeting 2026				\n				\n				\n				\n					\n		\n			18 April\n\n	\n\n	 \,   \n\n\n10:00 am\n\n		\n\n\n\n	\n	  -  \n\n1:00 pm\n\n\n\n	\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					\nFree 				\n				\n				\n				\n									Our Annual General Meeting takes place at Cross Street Chapel in Manchester 10.00 Tea and Coffee 10.30 Annual General Meeting 11.45 The Daphne Carrick Memorial Lecture  								\n				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							\n							\n					\n														\n							\n					\n														\n					\n					\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					The Rural Idyll and the Changing World: Challenging Conventionality in the Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell and Thomas Hardy				\n				\n				\n				\n									Dr Diane Duffy continues her exploration of Elizabeth Gaskell’s literary legacy. This paper developed from an idea that Thomas Hardy could be viewed as a successor to Elizabeth Gaskell; someone who might be considered as part of that legacy. Hardy was born in 1840\, thirty years after Gaskell\, yet much of his writing considers the same social issues and concerns: a sympathetic presentation of the working classes which he\, like Gaskell\, reflects in the use of dialect; the disruptive effects of the modern world on rural communities; and the contentious ‘Woman Question’. This paper examines how Hardy and Gaskell treat these political issues in some of their major works: Gaskell’s Cousin Phillis and Wives and Daughters serialised in the Cornhill Magazine between 1863 and 1865 and Hardy’s first major novel\, Far from the Madding Crowd serialised in the same magazine approximately ten years later.  Finally\, I examine the ways in which both novelists treat fallenness.  Hardy presents a Ruth – like figure in the character of Tess Durbeyfield and therefore these two novels\, Gaskell’s Ruth and Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles\, published thirty-eight years apart\, allow us to examine and ultimately assess how\, if at all\, social attitudes to fallenness and female sexuality had changed over that period. The AGM itself is free to all members (no need to book) and there is no charge for The Daphne Carrick Memorial Lecture\, so please join us at Cross St or on Zoom. Members on our emailing list will receive an invitation link by email. The lecture is also open to non-members – all welcome from 11.45. 								\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					\n	\n\n	Categories:	\n		Manchester\, Meeting\, talk	\n\n				\n				\n					\n		\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					\n	\n	The Gaskell Society\n	\n	\n\n	Phone:\n					\n						\n	 \n\n\n	\n\n	Website:View Organiser Website \n\n\n	\n	Email:\n					\n			gaskellsociety@gmail.com			\n	 \n\n\n\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n				\n									Use the links below to buy books and you’ll be supporting the Gaskell Society and independent bookshops. 								\n				\n				\n				\n							\n            \n          \n						\n				\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					\n				\n				\n	\n	Cross Street Chapel\n	\n	\n\nCross Street\,\n	\n		\n		Manchester\,\n\n\n	M2 1NL\n\n	United Kingdom\n\n\n\n\n	+ Google Map \n\n\n	\n					\n						\n	 \n\n\n	\n	View Venue Website \n\n\n\n	\n\n\n\n		\n	\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					\n	\n		\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n\n		\n			\n									\n	Google Calendar\n\n									\n	iCalendar\n\n									\n	Outlook 365\n\n									\n	Outlook Live\n\n							\n		\n\n		\n	\n\n				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n					\n	\n		\n\n				Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Gaskell -  Far From the Madding Crowd	\n\n\n		\n	\n		The Invention of Charlotte Brontë – Elizabeth Gaskell and her Infamous Brontë Biography
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/agm-2026/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk
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