{"product_id":"9781780005829","title":"The Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell","description":"The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. \u003cp\u003eIn this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. In this volume we examine some of the short stories of Elizabeth Gaskell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Gaskell is equally well known as Mrs Gaskell. When her mother died, she was three months old and she was sent to live in Knutsford, Cheshire with her Aunt Hannah, this setting would become the basis for her novel Cranford. At 22 she married and settled in Manchester to raise her family. Friends with Charlotte Bronte she went on to write her biography and was also highly regarded by a certain Charles Dickens who published her ghost stories in his magazine. Much of her work views the emerging industrial society of Victorian England through her own moral and religious values and has an uncanny ability to look at and report on the many strata of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of these stories are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Word Of Mouth. Many samples are at our youtube channel http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among the readers are Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf \u0026amp; Ghizela Rowe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex Of Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Nurse's Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Manchester Marriage\u003cbr\u003eThe Half Brothers\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Storms And Sunshine\u003cbr\u003eHand On Heart\u003cbr\u003eBessy's Troubles At Home\u003cbr\u003eDisappearances\u003cbr\u003eRight At Last\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SYMBIOTIC\/TIGERBEAT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062274605296,"sku":"9781780005829","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780005829_p0.jpg?v=1763710794","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780005829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}