Although Elizabeth Gaskell's novella "Cousin Phillis" purports to be a text about a woman, it is in essence a text about men and male fantasies of the female with the heroine's own body and discourse ...

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House wasn’t the only location in Greater Manchester to be recognised. The Lowry in Salford also received an accolade for ‘Best Told Story’ while movieESCAPE in Stockport was named ...

What is it like to be a writer-in-residence at the home of the Cranford novelist, when you haven't read any of her work? Three women have been chosen for the role at Elizabeth Gaskell's House in ...

First published in 1851, Elizabeth Gaskell’s ‘Disappearances’ presents imaginative retellings of six stories of men who vanished under mysterious circumstances in the eighteenth and early nineteenth ...

This article presents new information about ‘Miss Mitchell’, a previously misidentified figure in Gaskell biography, and considers her role in Elizabeth Gaskell’s life. The Gaskells’ governess Rosa ...

Our Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication dedicated to disseminating the most authoritative, dynamic and agenda-setting research in Gaskell Studies. Its editor is Dr Rebecca Styler of the ...

In 2010 Manchester Historic Buildings Trust appointed Crick Smith Conservation to analyse the paint and decorative finishes of the Gaskells' House at 84 Plymouth Grove, Ardwick, Manchester. The ...

18:44, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 Updated: 18:14, Thu, Jul 10, 2025 Period drama lovers will be encapsulated by this series released on BBC One in 1999. An adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel of the same ...

Our Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication dedicated to disseminating the most authoritative, dynamic and agenda-setting research in Gaskell Studies. Its editor is Dr Rebecca Styler of the ...

As a burgeoning memoirist, Nell Stevens specializes in starting out in the wrong direction. In 2013 she went off to the Falkland Islands to write a novel. She ended up writing a memoir about not ...