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Cousin Phillis and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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'I see her now - cousin Phillis. The westering sun shone full upon her, and made a slanting stream of light into the room within.' Elizabeth Gaskell has long been one of the most popular of Victorian novelists, yet in her lifetime her shorter fictions were equally well loved, and they are among the most accomplished examples of the genre. The novella-length Cousin Phillis is a lyrical depiction of a vanishing way of life and a girl's disappointment in love: deceptively simple, its undercurrent of feeling leaves an indelible impression. The other five stories in this selection were all written during the 1850sfor Dickens's periodical Household Words. They range from a quietly original tale of urban poverty and a fallen woman in 'Lizzie Leigh' to an historical tale of a great family in 'Morton Hall'; echoes of the French Revolution, the bleakness of winter in Westmorland, and a tragic secret are brought vividly tolife. Heather Glen reflects on the stories' original periodical...
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- Author
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199239498
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (82 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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