Gaskell

American

[gas-kuhl] / ˈgæs kəl /

noun

Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell, 1810–65, English novelist.

Gaskell British

/ ˈɡæskəl /

noun

Mrs. married name of Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson. 1810–65, English novelist. Her novels include Mary Barton (1848), an account of industrial life in Manchester, and Cranford (1853), a social study of a country village

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Elizabeth Gaskell called the biography she wrote about her friend Charlotte Brontë—which helped cement the novelist’s literary fame—an “unlucky book.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

I do know that I’ve long lived inside the books of Trollope, Dickens, Austen, Gaskell.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

"The catch phrase is always 'physics beyond the Standard Model,'" Gaskell said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

Marsh, of Gaskell Street was also disqualified from driving for 18 years after he pleaded guilty on the second day of a trial.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Because Gaskell died in 1866 before finishing the book, Roger and his sweetheart, Molly, were not yet together.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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