In 1848, Elizabeth Gaskell's tales of love, murder and industrial misery took Britain by storm. In her personal life she was a fast talker who gave us 'Cranfordisms', and true to form, died suddenly mid sentence. Jenny Uglow's multi award-winning biography shows how Gaskell avoids being pigeon-holed, covering all her work from social protest to historical romance to domestic comedy, and also draws on her lesser known works.
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