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A son, William, (1844–45), died in infancy, and this tragedy was the catalyst for Mrs. Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton. It was ready for publication in October 1848, [3] shortly before they made the move south. It was an enormous success, selling thousands of copies. Ritchie called it a "great and remarkable sensation."
Mary Barton was first published as two volumes in October 1848. [Note 1] Gaskell was paid £100 for the novel. [4] The publisher Edward Chapman had had the manuscript since the middle of 1847. He had several recorded influences on the novel, the most prominent of which is probably the change in title: the novel was originally entitled John ...
The story centers on haughty Margaret Hale, who learns to overcome her prejudices against the North in general and charismatic manufacturer John Thornton in particular. Gaskell would have preferred to call the novel Margaret Hale (as she had done in 1848 for her novel Mary Barton), but Dickens prevailed. He wrote in a 26 July 1854 letter that ...
The fictional Cranford is based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford in which Elizabeth Gaskell grew up. She had already drawn on her childhood memories for an article published in America, "The Last Generation in England" (1849), and for the town of Duncombe which featured in her extended story "Mr. Harrison's Confessions" (1851).
The music is by Rachel Portman. In 1999, BBC produced a four-part serial based on the novel with a screenplay written by Andrew Davies ; Wives and Daughters featuring Justine Waddell , Bill Paterson , Francesca Annis , Keeley Hawes , Rosamund Pike , Tom Hollander , Anthony Howell , Michael Gambon , Penelope Wilton , Barbara Flynn , Deborah ...
84 Plymouth Grove, now known as Elizabeth Gaskell's House, is a writer's house museum in Manchester, England. [a] The Grade II* listed neoclassical villa was the residence of William and Elizabeth Gaskell from 1850 until their deaths in 1884 and 1865 respectively. [5]
Mary Barton is a British historical television series which originally aired on BBC 2 in 1964. It is based on the 1848 novel of the same title by Elizabeth Gaskell . [ 1 ]
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