Half a Life-Time Ago - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

Half a Life-Time Ago - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,First published in 1855 'Half a Lifetime Ago' by much-loved author Elizabeth Gaskell recounts the events which have befallen the now pessimistic and solitary Susan Dixon, shaping her personality and outlook on life. Set against a bleak, rural backdrop, it is a tale of love and loss and of

The Half-Brothers - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,A tragic short story from much-loved Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell, 'The Half-Brothers' is a tale of love and rejection. Unloved and spurned by his stepfather, Gregory is treated very differently from his half-brother. When the favoured brother is caught in a dangerous and violent

Zpovědi pana Harrisona - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Cranford je nejznámější z novel Elizabeth Gaskellové, vtipné a dojemné klasické dílo, které si zaslouží být přečteno. Po prvním díle vydává NAKLADATELSTVÍ XYZ další část nazvanou Zpovědi pana Harrisona a čtenáři se mohou těšit i na poslední díl Lady

Sever a Jih, díl III. - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Do posledního dílu slavného románu Elizabeth Gaskellové vstupujeme v okamžiku, kdy se Margaret vyrovnává nejen se ztrátou matky, ale i s pocitem, že o ní pan Thornton bude smýšlet jako o lhářce. Elizabeth Gaskellová jako by tu pod clonou smyslu pro čest a pravdu a

An Accursed Race - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,A short essay by acclaimed Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell, 'An Accursed Race' is a study of the plight of the much-persecuted minority group the Cagots. In her essay, Gaskell explores the reasons behind their persecution in Europe, the commonly held superstitions surrounding them, and

A Dark Night's Work - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,In the county town of a certain shire there lived (about forty years ago) one Mr. Wilkins, a conveyancing attorney of considerable standing. The certain shire was but a small county, and the principal town in it contained only about four thousand inhabitants; so in saying that Mr. Wilkins

The Life of Charlotte Brontë - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Intertwining fact and story, The Life of Charlotte Brontë takes the reader by one hand and Charlotte Brontë by the other to run rampant through the making of one of the greatest authoresses of all time. Follow Charlotte from her birthplace of Thornton as she sets off for school and later

The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. Gaskell was a friend of Bronte's and, having been invited to write the official life, determined to both tell the truth and honor her friend. This edition collates all

Life of Charlotte Bronte (Gaskell Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Bronte's life from her isolated childhood,

Cranford (Gaskell Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Author Elizabeth Gaskell's first ever novel 'Mary Barton' was written as a means of distracting herself from her grief over the loss of her young son. Taking inspiration from Manchester, the industrial hub where Elizabeth Gaskell was living at the time, 'Mary Barton' paints a fascinating yet

The Cranford Chronicles (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

Three of Elizabeth Gaskell s best-loved novels' Cranford,' 'Mr Harrison's Confessions, 'and' My Lady Ludlow'are combined in this witty and poignant look at the market town of Cranford. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards thevillage from Manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers

Lois the Witch - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Set against the backdrop of the Salem witch hunts, Elizabeth Gaskell’s somber novella reveals much about the complicity of mankind. Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage that had been her home and sail to America. A God-fearing and honest girl, she has little to

Elizabeth Gaskell (Uglow Jenny)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain,

Cranfordské dámy - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Jemné dámy z Cranfordu žijí své poklidné životy, nečekají, že se bude cokoli dít, a dodržují svá poněkud výstřední pravidla. Ale samozřejmě, že život zasahuje těmi nanejvýš neobvyklými způsoby... Cranford je nejznámější a nejkouzelnější z novel Elizabeth

Sever a Jih, díl I. - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Hlavní hrdinku Margaret Haleovou sledujeme v prvním díle v průběhu přibližně roku mezi jejími osmnáctými a devatenáctými narozeninami. V samém úvodu ještě pobývá u své bohaté tety Shawové v Londýně, kde s přestávkami strávila devět let. Její sestřenice

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner s charming son, Henry, starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem s affections in the hope of marrying Henry and escaping from the hard and bitter life that is the

Sever a Jih, díl II. - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Druhý díl slavného románu anglické klasičky je již zcela ponořen do dusné atmosféry průmyslového Miltonu a vzpomínka na slunný Helstone kdesi na Jihu jen občas probleskne v myšlenkách přestěhovavší se rodiny Haleových. Po večeři u Thorntonových je Margaret, co se

Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,A young orphan, Ruth Hilton, is seduced and then abandoned by the wealthy Henry Bellingham. She is left to bring up her child in a society that offers her no protection and seems to punish such innocence. Pretending to be a widow, Ruth is taken in by a minister and is given a chance to bring

Cousin Phillis and Other Stories (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Gaskell has long been one of the most popular of Victorian novelists, yet in her lifetime her shorter fictions were equally well loved, and they are among the most accomplished examples of the genre. The heart of this collection is Gaskell's novella Cousin Phillis, a lyrical masterpiece

My Lady Ludlow - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook:,Lady Ludlow is absolute mistress of Handbury Court and a resolulte opponent of anything that might disturb the class system into which she was born. She will keep no servant who can read and write and insists that the lower orders have no rights, but only duties. But the winds of change are

Život s láskou, život bez lásky - Elizabeth Gaskellová - e-kniha

eBook: Susan Dixonová je pohledná mladá dívka, jež strávila svůj dosavadní život na farmě Yew Nook v anglickém Westmorelandu. Smrt matky ji sice zasáhne, ale na truchlení nemá příliš mnoho času – musí zvládat péči o domácnost i nepříliš inteligentního mladšího bratra

Level 6: North and South (Gaskell Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

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

Sylvia's Lovers (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

'He's spoilt my life, - he's spoilt it for as long as iver I live on this earth' The compelling story of an ordinary girl's tragic passion for a man who disappears, Sylvia's Lovers (1863) is Elizabeth Gaskell's last completed novel. Set in a fictional Whitby at the end of the eighteenth century,