With stories from such female greats as Elizabeth Gaskell and Katherine Mansfield, this collection should appeal to women...

Jane Austen makes two appearances on this brilliant collection that also includes such revered writers as Mary...

Cranford is Elizabeth Gaskell's gently comic picture of life and manners in an English country village during the 1830s. It describes the small adventures in the lives of two middle-aged...

Elizabeth Gaskell was born in the south of England, but became a strong advocate for the (mainly...

Elizabeth Gaskell highlights the difference between the middle and working classes...

Molly Gibson lost her mother when she was a child. Any stepmother would have been a shock, but the new Mrs. Gibson is a self-absorbed, silly little widow and Molly's unhappiness is compounded by the...