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Elizabeth Gaskell

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Elizabeth Stevenson was born in London on 29 September 1810

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Elizabeth Stevenson married William Gaskell on 1st January 1832.

  • Death of Gaskell's son

    Death of Gaskell's son
    As well as four daughters, Elizabeth had a son, William, who died as a baby of scarlet fever. As a distraction from her grief, her husband suggested that she write a novel. It was out of this sorrow that her first novel Mary Barton (subtitled A Tale of Manchester Life) was born.

  • Mary Barton

    Mary Barton
    In 1848 Elizabeth Gaskell published her first novel

  • North and South

    North and South
    'North and South' was published.

  • The 'Life of Charlotte Brontë'

    The 'Life of Charlotte Brontë'
    When Charlotte died, her father, Patrick Brontë, asked Gaskell to write her biography.

  • Death

    Death
    Elizabeth Gaskell died on 12 November 1865.