Mrs. married name of Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson. 1810–65, English novelist. Her novels include Mary Barton (1848), an account of industrial life in Manchester, and Cranford (1853), a social study of a country village
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Gas•kell
(gas′kəl),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Mrs. (Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell), 1810–65, English novelist.
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