© Austenprose. Thank you again to all the participants and commenters in the Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentennial Blog Tour on September 29th. The drawing for the unabridged Naxos Audiobooks recording of North and South has closed, and I am happy to announce the lucky winner is… Annette who posted a comment on September 29th on Stiletto [...]
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Winner announced in the Naxos Audiobooks recording of North and South giveaway
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Audio books, Books, Classic Literature, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Naxos AudioBooks, North and South, Victorian Authors on 8 October 2010 | 10 Comments »
Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Blog Tour: North and South (Naxos Audiobooks) – A Book Review
Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Victorian Authors, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged Book Reviews, Books, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary, Fiction, Historical Fiction, North and South on 29 September 2010 | 48 Comments »
Welcome to the 5th stop on the Elizabeth Gaskell 200th Anniversary Blog Tour! Please join me and other Elizabeth Gaskell enthusiast in honoring her on birthday today with a blog tour featuring a biography of her life and times, reviews of her books, novella’s and movies, reading resources, and a photo tour of her homes. [...]
Elizabeth Gaskell Bicentenary Blog Tour Slated for September 29th
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Books, Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Gaskell Bicentenary, Historical Fiction, Movies, Naxos AudioBooks, North and South, Novels, Victorian Authors on 23 September 2010 | 17 Comments »
Mark your calendars for September 29th and return for a blog tour by thirteen Elizabeth Gaskell enthusiasts in celebration of the 200th anniversary of her birth in 1810. In addition to a biography of her life, her novels, short stories and movies will be reviewed, reading resources detailed, and a photographic tour of her home [...]
Celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Birth with a Blog Tour on September 29th, 2010
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Book Reviews, Books, British literature, Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Mary Barton, Movie reviews, Movies, North and South, Sylvia's Lovers, Wives and Daughters on 13 September 2010 | 36 Comments »
“He shrank from hearing Margaret’s very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her–while he was jealous of her–while he renounced her–he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.” Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South 2010 marks the bicentenary of mid-Victorian novelist and short story writer Elizabeth Gaskell’s birth on September 29th, 1810 near London. Best known [...]
Sunday Smile: Pride and Prejudice and North and South Trailer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bonnet Dramas, Elizabeth Gaskell, Jane Austen, North and South, Pride and Prejudice, Richard Armitage on 13 June 2010 | 7 Comments »
Bonnet drama fans are so clever. This mash-up of two of my favorite movies really made me smile. Hope you enjoy it too.
Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell: A Naxos Audiobooks Review & Giveaway
Posted in Audio Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Victorian Authors, Victorian Era Book Reviews, tagged Audio books, Book Review, Books, Cousin Phillis, Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, Naxos AudioBooks, North and South, Return to Cranford, Wives and Daughters on 17 January 2010 | 40 Comments »
To prime myself for Return to Cranford, the new Masterpiece Classic sequel to last year’s award-winning mini-series Cranford on PBS, I wanted to read Mrs. Gaskell’s original novel that it was adapted from. Since I am always short of reading time, I chose instead to listen to an audio recording, my favorite pastime during my commute to [...]
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