Online Talk: Mary Barton – An Introduction
onlineA new season of Mary Barton events begins at Elizabeth Gaskell's House with this introduction to her first novel, Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. The story is a tale […]
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Online Talk: Mary Barton’s Manchester
onlineBack by popular demand, Dr Diane Duffy leads us on a literary journey of discovery to the places, buildings and landmarks of Manchester as featured in Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel […]
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Letters and Elizabeth Gaskell
Francis Holland School 39 Graham Terrace, London, United KingdomCarolyn 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 […]
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Manchester Meeting – Rooms with a View
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomRooms with a View: Soft Furnishings in North and South This talk will explore what the furniture in North and South tells us about the social world Gaskell inhabits. […]
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Online Valentines Talk: Mr Thornton vs Mr Darcy
onlineIn this lively online event we take a closer look at two of literature’s best loved heroes – Mr Thornton from Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South and Mr Darcy from […]
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Online Talk: Passion and Propriety – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Fashion
onlineElizabeth Gaskell had a love of fashion, enjoying foreign styles on her travels, and a fan of beautiful shawls and patterns at home. This talk, by Margo Singer, looks at […]
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Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Visit to Chatsworth
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United Kingdom‘I feel more like Cinderella, than anyone else you can imagine’: Elizabeth Gaskell’s visit to Chatsworth On Saturday 12 September 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell and her daughter Meta were amongst many […]
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Online Talk: Writing Women
onlineJoin Dr Diane Duffy for a special look at 19th century women writers’ experiences, starting with Elizabeth Gaskell and reflecting on the lives of giants of literature including Jane Austen, […]
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Online Talk: Literary Heroines
onlineA celebration of Mary Barton and the greatest 19th century literary heroines by women writers from Jane Austen to the Brontës. Writers like Elizabeth Gaskell question our views of Victorian […]
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