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Scumbling: Gaskell’s Turneresque Aesthetics

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

We welcome back Annick Pommier, who is continuing her PhD research at Université Paris Cité and who will talk about the impact of John Ruskin and J.M.W. Turner on Gaskell’s […]

Letters and Elizabeth Gaskell

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Carolyn Lambert is the Gaskell Society’s Letters Recorder, responsible for hunting down and investigating new Gaskell letters. Her talk will cover academic theories of letter-writing; letters in Gaskell’s fiction and […]

Domestic Mental Cruelty in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Works

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

A talk by Kathleen Gentle Kathleen Gentle, a postgraduate researcher at Anglia Ruskin University, examines  the depiction of psychological abuse in familial and spousal relationships and focusing on Sylvia’s Lovers […]

Mrs Gaskell’s Personal Pantheon – with Bob Gamble

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Bob’s book of this title appeared in August 2020 and highlights connections between Unitarian communities across England by following the life and times of Elizabeth Gaskell's dear friend, Janetta Bishop […]

Can we Devise a Gaskell Brand? – with Anthony Burton

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

As anyone who has attended Gaskell Society conferences, or joined any of the Gaskell House’s online events, will know, Anthony has a vast and wide-ranging amount of knowledge about Elizabeth […]

Elizabeth Gaskell, the Portico Library and Jane Austen

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

The Gaskells’ relationship with the Portico Library is well-documented. A bust of William Gaskell sits in the Library, honouring his tenure as the Chairman - the longest running Chairman in […]

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London & SE Meeting: Conjuring in Cranford

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Who were the potential models for Signor Brunoni? Could Dickens (who performed as “The Unparalleled Necromancer Rhia Rhama Rhoos”) have been one of them? What kind of text did Miss […]

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Trailblazer: the Life and Work of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United Kingdom

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon was one of the most intriguing of Victorian heroines: unconventional, illegitimate, yet at the centre of a luminous circle of influential Victorians, including Elizabeth Gaskell, George […]

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