{"product_id":"elizabeth-gaskell-the-early-years-9780719082429","title":"Elizabeth Gaskell The Early Years","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of Elizabeth Gaskell's early life up to her marriage in 1832. It analyses three travel journals by her Knutsford cousins which prove that she grew up in a literary milieu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an astonishing book. That Professor Chapple was working on it and something of its intention and scales have been well known for some time, but the work itself is even more impressive than expected - The range of material, the new information, the new interpretations offered here are amazing, but never, thanks to Professor Chapple's authoritative and eloquent handling, overwhelming.' Professor Angus Easson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Acknowledgements Note on source Abbreviations and short titles Introductions 1 Berwick and the Stevensons 2 Dissent and politics in Manchester in the late 1790's 3 Vacillations of a father 4 Authorship in Edinburgh and London 5 Mother and 'More than mother' 6 Refuge in Knutsford 7 Upper and Lower Knutsford 8 Friends and relations 9 Widening circles 10 Happy families 11 Et in Arcadia ego 12 Father and brother 13 the educations of an author 14 Home and abroad 15 Advice to a young lady 16 Social life in Wales  17 Authors and would-be authors 18 A chapter of endings 19 Newcastle and elsewhere 20 Northern values 21 Grave and gay 22 Destiny  23 Engagement 24 Things dying: things reborn Appendices Bibliographical appendix Index","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037329752407,"sku":"9780719082429","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719082429.jpg?v=1750935317","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/elizabeth-gaskell-the-early-years-9780719082429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}