Download or read book An Elizabeth Gaskell Chronology written by G. Handley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-12-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronology will set Elizabeth Gaskell in her historical, social and literary contexts. It will focus on her career as a writer but will also underline her interactive roles as wife, mother, practical and tolerant Christian, radical sympathizer. Graham Handley discusses her early life, her marriage, the beginnings of her writing, the years of achievement, her social, humanitarian concerns, love of travel and its influence, with the balance of domesticity and creativity which is the key to her character.