Sylvia's Lovers audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a farm, and is loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie Kinraid, a sailor on a whaling vessel, and they become engaged, although few people know of the engagement. But Charlie gets press-ganged and has to leave without a word. (Summary from Wikipedia)   Read more [...]
Wives and Daughters audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel was serialized in Cornhill Magazine from 1864 to 1866, and completed by her editor posthumously. It looks at English life in the 1830s through the experiences of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a widowed doctor growing up in the provincial town of Hollingford. When Mr. Gibson decides to marry again, Molly is forced to contend with a pretentious stepmother, but consoled by a close friendship with Cynthia, Read more [...]
A House to Let audiobook by Charles Dickens (1812 -- 1870), Wilkie Collins (1824 -- 1889), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 -- 1865), Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 -- 1864). A House to Let is a novella originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, and in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, as a story in verse) and the whole was edited by Dickens. The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, Read more [...]
Cranford audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. (Summary from Wikipedia     Cranford Miss Matty and Peter Author(s) Elizabeth Gaskell Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Victorian literature Publisher Household Words Publication Read more [...]