Most critics agree that Cousin Phillis is Gaskell's crowning achievement in the short novel. The story is uncomplicated; its virtues are in the manner of its development and...
The King Of The Mountains
Edmond François Valentin About (14 February 1828 – 16 January 1885) was a French novelist, publicist and journalist.
Annals Of A Quiet Neighbourhood Our
A work of faith and hope, repentance and redemption, this novel, set in Marshmallows, a rural location in Victorian England, is the story of a young vicar, Harry Walton, beginning...
Christmas Storms And Sunshine
“Christmas storms and sunshine” is a short novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1848.The main characters of this story are Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, and Mr. and Mrs....
The Romantic Adventures Of A Milkmaid
Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels...
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction. A young Scottish boy relates his adventures growing up with his three brothers in a small country town in northern Scotland where their...
The Sad Fortunes Of The Reverend Amos Barton
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively "Mary Anne" or "Marian"), known by her pen nameGeorge Eliot, was an English novelist,...
The Mayor Of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy, OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels...
The Amateur Emigrant
"The amateur emigrant", written by Robert Louis Stevenson between 1879 and 1880, is an account of the trip that the writer do ' from Scotland to California to visit...
North And South
“North and South “(1854) is a novel by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. The title refers to one of the themes of the novel: the contrast of lifestyles between the...
