Gaskell

American

[gas-kuhl] / ˈgæs kəl /

noun

Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, 1810–65, English novelist.

Gaskell British

/ ˈɡæskəl /

noun

Mrs. married name of Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson. 1810–65, English novelist. Her novels include Mary Barton (1848), an account of industrial life in Manchester, and Cranford (1853), a social study of a country village

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She loved eating herring and working with the “wonderful” Sonia Gaskell, but it wasn’t worth being separated from Svetlana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Upon its publication in 1857, two years after the death of the author of “Jane Eyre,” Gaskell received angry letters, threats of libel lawsuits and outraged responses from Brontë’s father and her widower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Ms Gaskell, 68, said she had been "begging" for her daughter to be taken into hospital before she died.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

Speaking ahead of the inquiry, Ms Gaskell said she hoped it would mean "anybody else that has to go through the mental health system will not be let down".

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

She read the novels of Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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