Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . written with morefinish than Mary Barton., dealt, perhaps unsuc-cessfully, with a difficult ethical problem, and wasless popular. Her most enduring work, Cranford.,appeared irregularly in Household Words from1851 to 1853. It sold slowly, but its place inEnglish literature is assured. It shows a speciallyclear and tender comprehension of a calm autumnal existence, as clear as Miss Austens and muchmore
Chambers's cyclopaedia of English literature : a history critical and biographical of authors in the English tongue from the earliest times till the present day, with specimens of their writing . written with morefinish than Mary Barton., dealt, perhaps unsuc-cessfully, with a difficult ethical problem, and wasless popular. Her most enduring work, Cranford.,appeared irregularly in Household Words from1851 to 1853. It sold slowly, but its place inEnglish literature is assured. It shows a speciallyclear and tender comprehension of a calm autumnal existence, as clear as Miss Austens and muchmore tender ; it had a marked effect on the earlywork of George Eliot. More ambitious was hernext novel, North and South., published in 1855,which returns to the problem of the workingclasses. In 1857 Mrs Gaskell published her biog-raphy of Charlotte Bronte, based on personalknowledge and full and accurate investigation,and written with conspicuous skill and investigations have only confirmed itssubstantial truth. It must be admitted, however,that Mrs Gaskell showed herself singularly reck-less in her treatment of living people, and shehad to withdraw various passages under threat. ^?f MRS GASKELL. From a Drawing by G. Richmond, , in the possession ofMiss Gaskell, Manchester. of lilael. In 1859 she published a volume of shortstories, under the title My Lady Ludlow. SylviasLovers (1863), which is perhaps the least satis-factory of her novels, depends for its story onthe press-gang at the close of the eighteenthcentury, its scene being laid in Whitby. To 1863also belongs the beautiful little idyl. Cousin Gaskells last story, IMifes and Daughters.,is her fullest and ripest ; but she did not liveto finish it. On Sunday, 12th November 1865,without a moments warning, she died fromdisease of the heart, in the company of herdaughters, and at the country-house at Holy-bourne, Hampshire, which she had purchased withthe proceeds of her last book. Mrs Gaskell wrote
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