Elizabeth Gaskell: The Unsung Author Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Will Love
Her father, William Stevenson, was a journalist, and her mother, Elizabeth, died when she was just over one. After that, the author-to-be moved to her aunt Hannah’s home in Cheshire (this home would serve as the basis for Cranford).
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