Feminist Critics and Literary Mothers: Daughters Reading Elizabeth Gaskell

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 - 65) was born on 29th September 1810 at Lindsay Lawn in Chelsea, now 93 Cheyne Walk. She is the daughter of William Stevenson (Treasury Secretary and Journalist) and his wife, Elizabeth Stefanson (Netherlands). Mrs Stevenson passed away on October 29, 1811, so after only 13 months the baby Elizabeth (later called Lily) was sent to Cheshire State Knutsford with her mother's sister Hanna. · Long Auntie spent his childhood. Explain that she is not just a mother. Their house was then named Heath, but now the Heathwaite family is still known as Gaskell Avenue. Knutsford is a small country town that later became the source of inspiration for Cranford, became the daughter of Hollingford's wife.

Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on September 29, 1810 and is the daughter of the monotheist minister. After the mother died young, she was raised and brought up by an aunt who lives in Knutsford, Cheshire. In 1832, she married William Gaskel and William Gaskell of the Monotheism Minister advised Dickens to contribute to his magazine 'Family'. The next major work, Cranford, was published in 1853. "North and South" was issued the following year. Gaskel's work brought lots of her friends, including novelist Charlotte Bronte. When Charlotte died in 1855, her father Patrick Bronte asked Gaskel to write her biography. "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857) is praised and encompasses a number of direct materials with rich stories techniques.