Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Review: The Moorland Cottage

Review: The Moorland Cottage

The Moorland Cottage is the chronicle of brother and sister Edward and Maggie Browne.  Edward is a bit of an ass, but yet Maggie still follows him around like a lost puppy filling his every request.  This is until she meets Frank Buxton and her attentions begin to drift elsewhere. The story plays out like […]

Posted February 22, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Review: Cranford

Review: Cranford

Cranford is a small town which is high in the population of female.  In the first section of the book, every male who enters the town drops like flies making it feel jinxed or like an old-fashioned sorority. Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel is a sequence of short stories that all intertwine.  I’m typically not a short […]

Posted June 24, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 12 Comments
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