Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, aka Mrs. Gaskell, was born today in London in 1810. This minister's wife and popular Victorian novelist, who illuminated for many the plight of the working class, wrote Mary Barton (1848), Cranford (1853), North and South (1854), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She also was a friend of Charlotte Brontë and produced The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) after Brontë's death at the request of Brontë's father.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Happy birthday, Mrs. Gaskell.
Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, aka Mrs. Gaskell, was born today in London in 1810. This minister's wife and popular Victorian novelist, who illuminated for many the plight of the working class, wrote Mary Barton (1848), Cranford (1853), North and South (1854), and Wives and Daughters (1866). She also was a friend of Charlotte Brontë and produced The Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857) after Brontë's death at the request of Brontë's father.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Happy birthday, Charlotte Brontë; Priscilla Masters; David Alexander.
Jane Eyre author Charlotte Brontë was born today in 1816; Priscilla Masters, fellow Yorkshire native and creator of Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, was born today in 1952; and former horse racing columnist and mystery writer David Alexander was born today in Kentucky in 1907. Alexander's best-known creation is sporting newspaper columnist Bart Hardin, who appears in such novels as Murder Points a Finger (1953); Terror on Broadway (1954); Shoot a Sitting Duck (1955); and Dead, Man, Dead (1959). He died in 1973.
Jane Eyre author Charlotte Brontë was born today in 1816; Priscilla Masters, fellow Yorkshire native and creator of Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy, was born today in 1952; and former horse racing columnist and mystery writer David Alexander was born today in Kentucky in 1907. Alexander's best-known creation is sporting newspaper columnist Bart Hardin, who appears in such novels as Murder Points a Finger (1953); Terror on Broadway (1954); Shoot a Sitting Duck (1955); and Dead, Man, Dead (1959). He died in 1973.
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