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Blogs & News : 2025 Events Season: Exploring the impact of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth

‘Nay, Ruth, you are not going to have secrets from me, are you?’ You are cordially invited to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House's 10-year anniversary season of Ruth events! These are dedicated to the most controversial of all Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels. Ruth is an infamous book. It was ‘banned, burned and denounced from the pulpit’ when it was published in 1853. Yet it is also a ground-breaking work and so is now recognised as the first mainstream novel to tell

Blogs & News : A Man’s World – New Online Course for Spring 2025

In our 10th anniversary year, Elizabeth Gaskell's House is delighted to announce a new online course with the ever-popular Dr Sherry Ashworth. This spring we take a look at literary men and masculinity. Join Sherry to ask what do Victorian novelists have to say about men as fathers, lovers, activists, wealth creators – and kings? In this new course, we will be looking at Elizabeth Gaskell’s John Barton in Mary Barton (father), John Thornton in North and South

news : Your Gothic Autumn Online

As the leaves turn brown and the nights draw in, experience a Gothic Autumn this season with a series of haunting literary events. From the mass hysteria of the witch trials to the chilling, misty moors and the shadowy corners of the Victorian home, delve into the supernatural works of Elizabeth Gaskell and other Gothic women writers. And the best bit is, it's all online from the comfort of your own home. Autumn Event Highlights Here are the top online Gothic

Events : Wives and Daughters: An exciting events programme for you in 2024

'Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.' Wives and Daughters was Elizabeth Gaskell's last, and unfinished, novel. It has been called ‘the most underrated novel in English’. The story centres on young Molly’s response to her father’s new marriage and its impact on those around her. Set in a small English country town, the book is a literary masterpiece. Its wit and charm are often compared to writers like Jane

Events : August is the Sunday of Summer

Autumn Events from Elizabeth Gaskell's House We’re enjoying the last of the summer with days out and the odd bit of sunshine, but you don’t need to look too closely to spot the signs that autumn is on its way. The blackberries are ripe for picking, dusk is arriving a little bit earlier and soon it’ll be time to celebrate a new season of online events from Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Swap long summer nights for cosy evenings indoors