Mrs Gaskell (1810 - 1865) was a Victorian novelist at her peak in the 1850s and 1860s. Her major works included Mary Barton (1848), Cranford (1851 - 3), North and South (1854 - 5), Sylvia’s Lovers (1863) and Wives and Daughters (1865). All her novels were a reflection of the society of the day, with both poor and rich characters.Mrs Gaskell’s second and most well-known novel, Cranford, was first produced between 1851 and 1853 in serial form in the magazine Household Works (edited by Charles Dickens). The novel remains popular and to date has been adapted three times for television by the BBC, most recently in 2007.
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