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SUMMARY:Knutsford Meeting - March 2024
DESCRIPTION:Our Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy will be discussing Sylvia’s Lovers for the 2023-24 Knutsford season. \nGaskell’s only historical novel\, Sylvia’s Lovers is set in the fictional coastal town of Monkshaven\, against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. \nSylvia Robson lives a simple enough life on the farm\, when she meets Charlie Kinraid\, a dashing seaman. After their secret engagement\, Kinraid vanishes and Sylvia is left broken-hearted and abandoned. Is her faithful cousin Philip telling the truth? Will his lie be found out before it’s too late? \nPublished in 1863\, Sylvia’s Lovers is one of  Gaskell’s lesser-known novels\, which she described as “the saddest story I ever wrote.” \nIn this\, the fifth of six sessions\, Diane will be covering Chapters 30-37 inclusive. \nRead quotes from the chapters in question. \nRead Diane’s Points to Ponder here.  \nOur monthly Knutsford meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month\, between October and April (except December). Bring your own packed lunch from 1pm and then enjoy a friendly and informal talk and discussion\, 2-3pm. Everyone is most welcome. £5 members\, £6 non-members \nSimply come along and pay on the door\, or use the link below to book online (no booking fee) \nYou can also join us online\, over Zoom. You’ll receive a link with your ticket. 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-march-2024/
LOCATION:Brook Street Unitarian Chapel\, Adam's Hill\,\, Knutsford\, WA16 8DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Knutsford,Meeting,Sylvia's Lovers,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240305T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240305T150000
DTSTAMP:20240216T102820Z
CREATED:20230530T102532Z
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SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Elizabeth Gaskell in the Digital World
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to welcome Jessica Smith\, Creative Arts Archivist at the John Ryland Research Institute and Library. \nAs you may know\, the John Rylands Library holds a collection of Elizabeth Gaskell’s printed works and letters. They hold the original manuscripts for ‘The Grey Woman’\, Wives and Daughters\, The Life of Charlotte Brontë and ‘The Crooked Branch. They also hold letters sent to Gaskell by Charles Dickens. Jessica\, the guardian of these wonderful treasures\, will talk about the Gaskell archive\, touching on content\, catalogues\, digitisation and accruals\, and also the collection’s potential for digital scholarship and visualisation. \nThe talk begins at 1.30pm. We’ll make a recording available for ticketholders to view after the event. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-march-2024/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240227T150000
DTSTAMP:20240130T093616Z
CREATED:20230526T091714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T093616Z
UID:4544-1709038800-1709046000@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Knutsford Meeting - February 2024
DESCRIPTION:Our Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy will be discussing Sylvia’s Lovers for the 2023-24 Knutsford season. \nGaskell’s only historical novel\, Sylvia’s Lovers is set in the fictional coastal town of Monkshaven\, against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. \nSylvia Robson lives a simple enough life on the farm\, when she meets Charlie Kinraid\, a dashing seaman. After their secret engagement\, Kinraid vanishes and Sylvia is left broken-hearted and abandoned. Is her faithful cousin Philip telling the truth? Will his lie be found out before it’s too late? \nPublished in 1863\, Sylvia’s Lovers is one of  Gaskell’s lesser-known novels\, which she described as “the saddest story I ever wrote.” \nIn this\, the fourth of six sessions\, Diane will be covering Chapters 24-29 inclusive. Read Diane’s Points to Ponder here \nYou can also read a selection of quotes from the chapters covered here.  \nOur monthly Knutsford meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month\, between October and April (except December). Bring your own packed lunch from 1pm and then enjoy a friendly and informal talk and discussion\, 2-3pm. Everyone is most welcome. £5 members\, £6 non-members \nSimply come along and pay on the door\, or use the link below to book online (no booking fee). You can also join us online\, over Zoom. You’ll receive a link with your ticket. 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-february-2024/
LOCATION:Brook Street Unitarian Chapel\, Adam's Hill\,\, Knutsford\, WA16 8DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Knutsford,Meeting,Sylvia's Lovers,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240206T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240206T150000
DTSTAMP:20231210T095834Z
CREATED:20230530T102351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231210T095834Z
UID:4607-1707224400-1707231600@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:The Victorian House: Elizabeth Gaskell's House in Context
DESCRIPTION:Is Elizabeth Gaskell’s House a ‘typical’ Victorian house?  Surely houses changed a lot over Victoria’s 63-year-long reign?\nAnthony Burton examines various aspects of Victorian domestic architecture\, in order to show how Elizabeth Gaskell’s House fits in.\n\nDoors open at 1pm and the talk begins at 1.30pm. \nWe’ll make a recording available for online viewing after the event. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-february-2024/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:history,Manchester,Meeting,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T150000
DTSTAMP:20240130T093746Z
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UID:4510-1706619600-1706626800@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Knutsford Meeting - January 2024
DESCRIPTION:Our Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy will be discussing Sylvia’s Lovers for the 2023-24 Knutsford season. \nGaskell’s only historical novel\, Sylvia’s Lovers is set in the fictional coastal town of Monkshaven\, against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. \nSylvia Robson lives a simple enough life on the farm\, when she meets Charlie Kinraid\, a dashing seaman. After their secret engagement\, Kinraid vanishes and Sylvia is left broken-hearted and abandoned. Is her faithful cousin Philip telling the truth? Will his lie be found out before it’s too late? \nPublished in 1863\, Sylvia’s Lovers is one of  Gaskell’s lesser-known novels\, which she described as “the saddest story I ever wrote.” \nIn this\, the third of six sessions\, Diane will be covering Chapters 16-23 inclusive. \nRead quotes from the chapters in question. \nDownload Diane’s discussion Points to Ponder. \nOur monthly Knutsford meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month\, between October and April (except December). Bring your own packed lunch from 1pm and then enjoy a friendly and informal talk and discussion\, 2-3pm. Everyone is most welcome. £5 members\, £6 non-members \nSimply come along and pay on the door\, or use the link below to book online (no booking fee). You can also join us online\, over Zoom. You’ll receive a link with your ticket. 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-january-2024/
LOCATION:Brook Street Unitarian Chapel\, Adam's Hill\,\, Knutsford\, WA16 8DY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Knutsford,Meeting,Sylvia's Lovers,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T150000
DTSTAMP:20231201T155945Z
CREATED:20230530T101952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T155945Z
UID:4605-1701781200-1701788400@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Gaskell and the Fairy Tale
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Gaskell’s interest in the fairy tale and her use of fairy-tale motifs throughout her writing have been curiously neglected by scholars.  The fairy tale\, like the Gothic and the ghostly\, operates in a world of magic realism\, its conventions straddling two worlds in which the supernatural is accepted as normal in an apparently realistic setting.  Like the Gothic and the ghostly\, the fairy tale offered Gaskell the opportunity to explore the transgressive and the strange.  Within the genre of the fairy tale\, the supernatural can be both disruptive and violent and\, like the Gothic\, its conventions came to be used by women writers\, as well as Gaskell\, as a way of expressing repressed anger.  The weird and the uncanny breaking into the world of the everyday enables Gaskell to unlock and address instability\, conflict and guilt as well as to critique social conventions. \nCarolyn Lambert is an independent scholar.  She was awarded her doctorate by the University of Sussex in 2013.  Publications include The Meanings of Home in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Fiction (Victorian Secrets: 2013)\, For Better\, For Worse: Marriage in Victorian Novels by Women (Routledge: 2018)\, co-edited with Marion Shaw\, Frances Trollope\, (Edward Everett Root: 2020) and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Smaller Stories (Palgrave Macmillan: 2022).  Carolyn is currently Letters Recorder for the Gaskell Society. \nThe talk begins at 1.30pm. We’ll have tea\, coffee and mince pies to share! \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-december-2023/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231128T150000
DTSTAMP:20231122T161059Z
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UID:4506-1701180000-1701183600@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Online 'Knutsford' Meeting - November 2023
DESCRIPTION:Our Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy will be discussing Sylvia’s Lovers for the 2023-24 Knutsford season. \nGaskell’s only historical novel\, Sylvia’s Lovers is set in the fictional coastal town of Monkshaven\, against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. \nSylvia Robson lives a simple enough life on the farm\, when she meets Charlie Kinraid\, a dashing seaman. After their secret engagement\, Kinraid vanishes and Sylvia is left broken-hearted and abandoned. Is her faithful cousin Philip telling the truth? Will his lie be found out before it’s too late? \nPublished in 1863\, Sylvia’s Lovers is one of  Gaskell’s lesser-known novels\, which she described as “the saddest story I ever wrote.” \nIn this\, the second of six sessions\, Diane will be covering Chapters 8-15 inclusive. \nRead quotes from the chapters in question here \nAnd download Diane’s Points to Ponder. \nOur monthly ‘Knutsford’ meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month\, between October and April (except December). £5 members\, £6 non-members \nThis session takes place online over Zoom only. You’ll receive a link with your ticket. 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-november-2023/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Knutsford,Meeting,Sylvia's Lovers,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231107T150000
DTSTAMP:20231023T170514Z
CREATED:20230530T101705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T170514Z
UID:4603-1699362000-1699369200@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Elizabeth Gaskell in the Train and on the Omnibus
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to welcome back committee member and one of our favourite speakers\, Anthony Burton. He’ll be offering a tempting taster for our 2024 Conference\, which explores the theme of travel. \nAnthony was intrigued by paintings featuring railway stations and omnibuses in the Dining Room at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House.  He has explored the background of these paintings and their artists:  a quest which took him to the Wild West\, and involved firework spectacles.  He went on to investigate how trains and omnibuses played a part in the life of Elizabeth Gaskell\, and how she featured them in her works. \nAfter degrees in English literature\, Anthony worked as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum\, London\, specialising in the visual and literary culture of the Victorian period. \nHis talk begins at 1.30pm. \nAll are welcome – both members and non-members. Member tickets are £5\, non-members £6.
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-meeting-november-2023/
LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231031T150000
DTSTAMP:20231031T105052Z
CREATED:20230516T155849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T105052Z
UID:4431-1698764400-1698764400@gaskellsociety.co.uk
SUMMARY:Online "Knutsford" Meeting - October 2023
DESCRIPTION:*** Please note that this event is now online only\, via Zoom.*** \nOur Chair\, Dr Diane Duffy will be discussing Sylvia’s Lovers  for the 2023-24 Knutsford season. \nGaskell’s only historical novel\, Sylvia’s Lovers is set in the fictional coastal town of Monkshaven\, against a backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. \nSylvia Robson lives a simple enough life on the farm\, when she meets Charlie Kinraid\, a dashing seaman. After their secret engagement\, Kinraid vanishes and Sylvia is left broken-hearted and abandoned. Is her faithful cousin Philip telling the truth? Will his lie be found out before it’s too late? \nPublished in 1863\, Sylvia’s Lovers is one of  Gaskell’s lesser-known novels\, which she described as “the saddest story I ever wrote.” \nIn this\, the first of six sessions\, Diane will be covering Chapters 1-7 inclusive. Read her discussion Points to Ponder here.  \nDiane has compiled a list of quotes from the first seven chapters – read it here.   \nYou’ll receive a Zoom link with your ticket.  \nEveryone is most welcome. £5 members\, £6 non-members \n 
URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/knutsford-meeting-october-2023/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Knutsford,Meeting,Sylvia's Lovers,Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com
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