Tag Archives: North and South

Once Again, Finding My Family in Gaskell

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2023

Gaskell’s “North and South” advocates for enlightened management-labor relations.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged bankruptcy, Business, Elizabeth Gaskell, Jobst and Sons, labor-management, Strikes, unions | Comments closed

Finding a Relative in Gaskell’s Novels

By Robin Bates | Published: February 19, 2023

Imagining my great-grandmother as heroines in a Gaskell novel brings both her and the novels to life.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged death and dying, Elizabeth Gaskell, Victorian families, Wives and Daughters | Comments closed

How Much Can Homer Shape a Life?

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2023

In “North and South,” Gaskell has a character argue against overselling the influence of the classics.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bletchley Park, Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Gaskell, enigma machine, Kate Quinn, Rebecca, Rose Code | Comments closed

Illness in 19th Century Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2020

19th century literature is filled with images of illness. Reading it should make us grateful to the advances in medical science.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Bleak House, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell, epidemics, fathers and sons, Francis Hodgson Burnett, George Eliot, Illness, Ivan Turgenev, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Middlemarch, pandemics, Secret Garden | Comments closed