To round off her season of discussions comparing the works of Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot, Dr Diane Duffy takes a look at some critical reponses from the nineteenth and twenties centuries – including what Eliot said about Gaskell’s work. How much do we agree with these various points of view and how well have they dated?.

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Extracts and points to ponder can be found here. 

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