Bonniers, 2007, 978-91-0-011096-3, 699 s, inbunden med skyddsomsl, nära nyskick, Hustrur och döttrar, Elizabeth Gaskells stora oavslutade roman från 1865 är både en underhållande ironisk sedeskildring och en rörande kärlekshistoria. Den utspelar sig i 1820-talets England i det lilla lantliga samhället Hollingford. I centrum står den unga Molly Gibson, doktorns dotter, som växer upp ensam med sin pappa. Så gifter fadern om sig med den ytliga och själviska Clare, och samtidigt kommer den charmerande och vackra styvsystern Cynthia in i Mollys lugna liv. Föremålet för Mollys varma känslor är patron Hamleys yngste son Roger, en karaktär som speglar Gaskells intresse för naturvetenskap och är något av en ung Darwin. Romanen kretsar kring Mollys sorger och glädjeämnen, kring den spirande kärleken till Roger, samt kring relationerna mellan hustrur och döttrar i några lantliga familjer. Hustrur och döttrar är en förtrollande berättelse om livet i en engelsk småstad, med alla dess skiftande karaktärer och små och stora intriger. En bok man inte vill lägga ifrån sig.

Condition: Good. (Acceptable Reading Copy.) :: Further Information: No synopsis available.408pp. ::

Condition: Good. :: Further Information: Described by Mrs Gaskell as 'the saddest story I ever wrote', Sylvia's Lovers is set during the French Revolutionary Wars in the remote whaling-port of Monkshaven in Yorkshire. ::

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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Patsy Stoneman, University of HullSet in the mid-19th century, and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund ways of southern England to the vital but turbulent north. Elizabeth Gaskell's skilful narrative uses an unusual love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a newly industrial society. This is a tale of hard-won triumphs - of rational thought over prejudice and of humane care over blind deference to the market. Readers in the twenty-first century will find themselves absorbed as this Victorian novel traces the origins of problems and possibilities which are still challenging a hundred and fifty years later: the complex relationships, public and private, between men and women of different classes.

Mary Barton(1848),subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life',is the first novel by Mrs Gaskell(1810-65).The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.The background story is Manchester in the 'hungry forties'and the acute poverty of the unemployed mill-hands. Mary Batson,daughter of an embittered worker,wins the attention of Henry Carson,son of one of the employers.But a group of workmen plot his murder as a warning to his class,and it falls upon Mary's father to perform the deed.Suspicion lies with Mary's working class admirer,Jed,who is tried for his life.Finally,John Barton is driven by guilt to confess.

Ruth Hilton, like so many Victorian heroines, is seduced, made pregnant, and abandoned by a wealthy and careless man. The story follows the devout Ruth, who perseveres in seeking redemption for her sins, as she raises her child and struggles to make a living. Mrs. Gaskell wrote this novel in 1853; its sympathetic treatment of a "fallen woman" was potentially scandalous, but its incisive portrayal of character won over even the Victorians. Lots of cover wear. All pages are intact and book is solid. A good reading copy. n n

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Condition: Very Good. :: Further Information: North and South tells the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner newly settled in the northern industrial town of Milton, whose ready sympathy with the discontented millworkers sits uneasily with her growing attraction to the charismatic mill owner, John Thornton. The novel poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience, ranging from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny and industrial action. Margaret's internal conflicts mirror the turbulence that she sees all around her. This revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate and explores Gaskell's subtle representations of sexual passion and communal strife. 451pp. ::