What is Elizabeth Gaskell?
[[Image:Elizabeth Gaskell.jpg|thumb|right|Elizabeth Gaskell]] '''Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell''' (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865)<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/gaskell_elizabeth.shtml bbc.co.uk]</ref> was an [[English people|English]] [[writer]]. She was born in [[Chelsea, London]]. After her mother died, she lived with her aunt in [[Knutsford]], [[Cheshire]]. She married William Gaskell, a [[priest]], in 1832. They lived in [[Manchester]], where several of her [[book]]s are set. She died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Holybourne]], [[Hampshire]]. Her most famous books are ''[[Mary Barton]]'', ''[[Cranford]]'', ''[[North and South (Gaskell)|North and South]]'', and ''[[Wives and Daughters]]''. She also wrote a book of the life of her friend, writer [[Charlotte Brontë]]. Some of her [[book]]s have been made into [[movies]] and [[television programme]]s. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.gaskellsociety.co.uk/ The Gaskell Society] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaskell, Elizabeth}} [[Category:1810 births]] [[Category:1865 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Cheshire]] [[Category:Writers from London]]