Cousin Phillis

Name: Cousin Phillis
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9789629549619

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Narrator: Joe Marsh

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 04/26/2010

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Cousin Phillis – a miniature masterpiece – is set in the 1840s, when the coming of the railway was changing the face of England, and quiet rural communities, coming into contact with the outside world, were changed for ever. The story focuses on the effect these changes have on a naive country girl, Phillis, as she encounters love, with all its pains and pleasures, for the first time.

About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. In 1832, she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters and one son who died in infancy. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848 and won the attention of Charles Dickens; most of her later work was published in his journals. Among her notable works are the novels North and South and Cranford, as well as her famous biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean

Even the best authors occasionally write pot-boilers, and this seems to be one; a collection of mostly mediochre short stories from the great Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. There are six stories in the collection: Lizzie Leigh (1850) Morton Hall (1853) My French Master (1853) Half a Life-Time Ago......more

Goodreads review by Rikke

I've only just realised how similar Gaskell and Dickens are. How synchronized their versions of England are; how they both lead their characters through hard work and toil, through overlooked tragedies – only to conclude with endings with a heavy tinge of bitterness. And so, it only seems that natura......more

Goodreads review by Edwin John Moorhouse

I absolutely loved these stories. Gaskell writes with such penetrating insight into everyday life, its tragedies, disappointments and fulfillments. Lizzie Leigh: Brilliant. Such a moving story, and whilst the ending feels a little bit rushed (problem with short stories) it was still incredible sad a......more

Goodreads review by Kelly_Hunsaker_reads

I thoroughly enjoyed the story of Cousin Phillis. Mrs. Gaskell is new to me and I am finding her to have written stories that have true insight into the human existence. She writes about tragic events with much love and compassion. These stories are truly character-driven and that is the type of boo......more