Элизабет Гаскелл — книжные серии

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Haunted House is a collection of ghost tales by Dickens, who wrote the opening and closing stories, framing them, and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Lois the Witch is set against the backdrop of the Salem witch hunts. Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage and sail to America. When the girl joins her distant family, she finds jealousy and dissension are rife, and her cousins quick to point the finger at the "imposter."

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Collected Short Stories II introduces us to a set of characters who take turns to recount stories to one another during their weekly soiree. "The Half Brothers" is sad short story about brotherly love and a sheep-dog named Lassie.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Collected Short Stories I introduces us to a set of characters who take turns to recount stories to one another during their weekly soiree. An Accursed Race is actually an essay about a persecuted minority group, the Cagots in Western France. The Doom of the Griffiths is a gothic short story about a cursed family and set in Wales.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Cousin Phillis is a novel about 19-year-old Paul Manning, who moves to the country and befriends his mother's family and his cousin Phillis Holman. This novel is also recognized as a fitting prelude for Gaskels final and most widely acclaimed novel, Wives and Daughters.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Mr. Harrison's Confessions is a story of country doctor William Harrison who is prevailed upon by his longtime friend Charles, a bachelor, to dispense some advice on the "wooing and winning" of women's affections.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Moorland Cottage is a story of Maggie Browne, the daughter of a deceased clergyman who is encouraged to give up her own life and passions and devote herself to her brother Edward. Through the example and guidance of her mother, a young woman learns that self-sacrifice is the key to living a fulfilled life.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters. Collected Tales II contains five stories, including The Manchester Marriage and The Cage at Cranford.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. The Old Nurse's Stories II is a collection of three beautifully written and gripping tales, including Crowley Castle which is set in eighteenth-century England, featuring a love triangle of sorts.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. The Old Nurse's Stories I, a collection of three beautifully written and gripping tales, including Gaskell's first ghost story.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of GaskelPs best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters. The Short Stories II is a beautiful collection of five stories, including Christmas Storms and Sunshine - beautiful and heart-warming Christmas tale.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of life of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. The Short Stories I includes three stories: The Grey Women, Curious if True and Six Weeks at Heppenheim. Curious if True is one of the precursors of the horror genre by Elizabeth Gaskell. It makes the perfect evening or summer reading for adults and young adults alike.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Collected Tales I contains five stories, including touching and emotional story Lizzie Leigh - a poignant tale about illicit love. It deals with the story of a young girl Lizzie who commits a sin and its repercussions. Gaskell brilliantly portraits the deep and true relations of a family.

Богатый фабрикант с промышленного севера Англии Джон Торнтон и блестяще образованная дочь скромного священника с юга Маргарет Хейл возненавидели друг друга с первого взгляда. Кто Джон в глазах девушки? Невежественный нувориш, считающий, что все в этом мире продается и покупается. А кто для него Маргарет? Заносчивая кисейная барышня, слишком многое о себе возомнившая, – особенно если учесть, что у ее отца нет ни гроша. Однако не зря говорят, что от ненависти до любви – один шаг, – противостояние молодых людей, не уступающих друг другу умом, волей и характером, постепенно превращает их взаимную неприязнь в куда более теплое чувство. Чувство, в котором, и Маргарет, и Джон не смеют признаться даже самим себе…

Northumberland, 1852: Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern zieht die kleine Rosamond zusammen mit ihrem Kindermädchen Hester nach Manor House zu ihren Verwandten. Doch alsbald beginnt Hester, sich über das blasse Gesicht und die kalte Ausstrahlung ihrer Gastgeberin zu wundern. Als eines Abends die verwitterte Orgel zu spielen vermag und ein Kind an die Fensterscheibe klopft, ohne Spuren im Schnee zu hinterlassen, wird Hester klar, dass das Haus offenbar ein düsteres Geheimnis birgt …

Mit den bekannten Stimmen von Herma Koehn, Julia DeLuise, Elga Schütz, Ingeborg Kallweit, Monika John, Horst Naumann, Marlene Bosenius, Reinhilt Schneider, Ella Refle, Claudia Urbschat-Mingues, Sigrid Burkholder, Jürgen Thormann, Lutz Reichert, Dietmar Wunder, Fabienne Hesse, Daniela Hoffmann und Bert Stevens.

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Элизабет Гаскелл — известная британская писательница, вставшая в один ряд с сестрами Бронте, Уильямом Теккереем и Чарльзом Диккенсом. Последний высоко оценивал тексты Гаскелл о сложных судьбах, нравственных исканиях и безграничной любви. Главная героиня, уроженка Южной Англии Маргарет Хейл, вынуждена переехать в северный городок, центр промышленной революции. Маргарет ненавидит новых «хозяев жизни», а владелец хлопковой фабрики Джон Торнтон становится для нее настоящим олицетворением зла. Джона же неудержимо влечет к Маргарет, и сама она вскоре начинает чувствовать симпатию к вульгарному выскочке. Героям на протяжении романа приходится…

Classic / British English

Life changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately. But the mill owner falls passionately in love with her. Then his workers strike. Against a background of industrial drama and personal tragedy, is there any hope for Mr Thornton's dream?

Первыми произведениями Элизабет Гаскелл были стихи, которые она написала в соавторстве с мужем. Опубликованные в журнале, они не вызвали особого резонанса. Другое дело ее роман «Мэри Бартон» — изданный анонимно в 1848 году, он сразу заинтересовал читателей, среди которых был и Чарльз Диккенс. В этой книге проявились темы, развитые и в других произведениях, в том числе в самом известном романе Гаскелл «Север и юг». Тяготы жизни в промышленном городе, несправедливость общественной системы и ее жестокость к человеку, практически лишенному прав, были известны писательнице благодаря жизни в Манчестере — большом индустриальном центре того…

This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary Barton, daughter of a man implicated in the murder, through her adolescence, when she suffers the advances of the mill owner, and later through love and marriage. Set in Manchester, between 1837-42, it paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England.

Леон Гонсалес, Джордж Манфред, Раймонд Пуаккар заслужили звание Троих Благочестивых – они добиваются восстановления закона и справедливости. И конечно, у Троих Благочестивых врагов не меньше, чем друзей: в свое время троица была преступным сообществом, а за их головы предлагалось вознаграждение. Однако теперь им нет равных в сыске самых изощренных преступников… («Вновь втроем»)
Леди Сара, следуя совету своего доктора сменить климат, переезжает в новый дом, окна которого выходят на загадочный Дом-на-продажу. Очень скоро Сара начинает опасаться этого Дома: в одном из окон пустующего здания есть глаз, который следит за ней… Сара вынуждена прибегнуть к собственному расследованию. («Дом на продажу»)