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Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories [Kindle Edition]

Jenny Uglow (Author)
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High-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and Daughters..In this widely acclaimed biography, Jenny Uglow shows her as an artist of unrecognized complexity, a shrewd observer of life and a compelling personality.

About the Author

Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria and now works in publishing. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while her most recent biography, Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, won the National Arts Writers Award for 2007. She lives in Canterbury. Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria and now works in publishing. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men, published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, won the National Arts Writers Award for 2007. A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize. She lives in Canterbury.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2222 KB
  • Print Length: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber Non Fiction (22 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004H4XIHC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #145,921 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
An excellent biography 30 April 2010
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderfully detailed, scholarly, and readable biography. A great place to start discovering Gaskell and her world. Gaskell is a gossipy, lively, endlessly engaging subject, and Uglow does her full justice.

'Remember, every little, leetle, particular about yourself, and your concerns, and gossipry, and scandal, are most welcome to me, but especially all that interests you, and Elizabeth personally, down to the uninteresting in general basons of tapioca you have at lunch...' - there's Gaskell in a nutshell, in a letter she wrote to her friend in 1831. Everything interests her, from tapioca to scandals, and Uglow shows how she turns all these details of everyday life into fiction; how her interest in the personal feeds into her novel-writing.

What I found particularly engaging about this book was the way in which Uglow takes Gaskell's Unitarian faith seriously, and explains how important Unitarianism was to the nineteenth century. She deftly outlines Gaskell's religion, and her network of Unitarian friends and relatives, bringing out a broader historical context in an absorbing way. This is an excellent introduction to her works, but Uglow's scholarship means it is also a reliable source for those wanting to take their studies further.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Jenny Uglow is a superb writer with a rare feeling for capturing the times she writes about and bringing the reader into them. I love and admire the work of Mrs. Gaskell and this biography adds greatly to my understanding of her.
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Disappointing 12 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I so looked forward to this book as I am a fan of Elizabeth Gaskell's books and was very curious to know more about a writer that successfully combined motherhood and a writing career at a time when this was most unusual. But I am disappointed . The paperback edition I got has very small type and is so densely bound that it is hard to read the text in the crack. This made reading difficult and unpleasant. Perhaps the hardback avoided this problem, which is no solace to me after purchasing the paperback. I also found that although the writer really knows what she is talking about and has done amazing research, it was difficult to follow. A shorter, more concise book would have been better. A book more for academia than general reading - though I think good writing should be good for both.
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