The Shah's English Gardener

Name: The Shah's English Gardener
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9782378981280

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Narrator: Evan Long

Unabridged: 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oregan Publishing

Published: 07/31/2018

Categories: Fiction, Anthologies, Classic

Synopsis

The facts of the following narration were communicated to me by Mr. Burton, the head gardener at Teddesley Park, in Staffordshire. I had previously been told that he had been for a year or two in the service of the Shah of Persia; and this induced me to question him concerning the motives which took him so far from England, and the kind of life which he led at Teheran. I was so much interested in the details he gave me, that I made notes at the time, which have enabled me to draw up the following account

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.

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