love that “right. so hello” is her intro 🤪

@davidmiranda4745

3 жыл бұрын

I've started saying this to the bus driver in the morning

@ririschannelx

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidmiranda4745 lol 😆

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Haha that makes me smile!

This was so enjoyable! Gaskell is my favourite Victorian author and her varied works and psychologically complex characters are just the best.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is just so amazing.

Elizabeth Gaskell had a strong social conscience as well as a keen interest in character and combines these in her novels which makes her unique among the Victorian women writers. CRANFORD was my least favorite but still good. I loved NORTH AND SOUTH the best. She is nonpareil.

Yes, I’ve just finished Wives and Daughters. Esq. Hamley is an amazing character. I was astonished with how well he was written while I was reading the book.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Right?! He is just such an amazing character.

I love your videos and your enthusiasm for reading! I’ve learned so much from you. Thanks!

Its first time i learn about Elizabeth Gaskell

I'm so glad to hear that Wives and Daughters has risen in your rankings! I love it so very very much. I agree about Squire Hamley, he's so lovely and frustrating and heartbreaking all at once.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

He is just such a wonderful character!

I just finished Charlotte Brontë's biography this morning ! I have read Ruth and Cranford, watched Wives & daughters and North & South and I have her complete works on my shelf, ain't I lucky ;) But the authors that have truly shaped my reading are the Brontë sisters in general, Jane Eyre in particular. I'm on a Brontë binge these days and I'm so very happy, like a kid in an ice-cream store !

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

A Bronte binge is a wonderful thing!

So looking forward to reading "North and South" which I purchased recently - I've not read anything by Elizabeth Gaskell. Thank you Katie for your channel and inspiring me to get into Victorian Literature again.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you like it! Thanks so much :)

Loved this! I'm a tutor, and I just finished reading North and South with one of my students. We loved it, and it gave us so much to talk about! After watching this, I think I might need to get my hands on more of Mrs. Gaskell, thanks!

@katiejlumsden

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much :)

I love Elizabeth Gaskell sooo much and north and south is one of my favourite books of the year. I need to buy Ruth some time soon, loved Lois the witch and Mary Barton last year. In November I’m reading her book on Charlotte bronte and I’m saving wives and daughters for my classic read on my birthday month next March. She really is one of my favourite classic authors 😊

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is so amazing - I'm sure you'll love Wives and Daughters :)

Yesss, can’t do much better than North and South! I am way overdue for a reread. I was hoping to get to Wives and Daughters soon.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you'll love Wives and Daughters too :)

Love your enthusiasm and exuberance for all things Elizabeth Gaskell. I grew up and live in Canada but I loved the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen from the time I was an adolescent. I later learned to love George Eliot and, finally, came to discover Elizabeth Gaskell. I feel so fortunate to have encountered her as she seems to be the least appreciated of the Victorian novelists. As you say so well her novels are all so different and her characters are so fully realized. Thank you for your videos. I have given up for the most part reading dry academic research articles on her work so feel truly thankful to have stumbled on them.

@katiejlumsden

2 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is just so wonderful :)

That is certainly a fair amount of time spent reading Gaskell. I rather enjoyed hearing you talk about your journey with her. One day I will discover the wonders that are North and South + Wives and Daughters, but for now I will continue to muddle through Sylvia's Lovers.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is just so great.

Thank you for not spoiling any plots. Just downloaded her complete works. Now reading Middlemarch and am loving it.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is so great - enjoy!

Great video. I've read North and South, and the novella Cousin Phillis. I love them both, and hope to read more by Elizabeth Gaskell. 😀❤🤎

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Both very wonderful - I hope you enjoy more work by her :)

I absolutely love Gaskell! I’ve read all but two of her main novels and have loved all of them. She’s definitely my favorite Victorian author.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She's just such a wonderful author.

LOVED this, Katie! I read my first Elizabeth Gaskell this year and fell in love, so this was a delight 😍

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jasmine! Gaskell is amazing.

I've read and loved North and South . I shall add Wives and Daughters to my reading list. Thanks.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you like it too!

Last comment:- LOVING all these frequent videos! Keep it up! Love listening to you talk so passionately about the books you love! Victober is just such a fabulous month!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much :)

Elizabeth Gaskell is with the Brönte sister my eternal favorite.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She's amazing!

I love Gaskell, found her by accident really as I was doing a Popsugar reading prompt were you had to read a book were the title were antonyms and North and South popped up when I googled for one. Instantly fell in love and have slowly been working my way through all of her works. Also she seems like quite an interesting person, like her relationship with her husband was quite different. Hoping to read a biography of her some time.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed North and South. Gaskell is a really interesting person, and I certainly want to know more about her life in the future.

Namaste Katie, a very good video about Elizabeth Gaskell, I'm reading a few of her short stories in Michael Sim's collections and have recently acquired an entire collection of Ghost stories written by her ! I find her Gothic and Industrial works very interesting .Thank you so much for this video, it really helps a lot to know more insights on Victorian authors.I have read more of George Eliot and Thomas Hardy at school but don't really remember much . But Elizabeth Gaskell's works are really good.Happy Reading 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is just so amazing :)

Wives and daughters is one of my favorites books.

Funny, it was Cranford that made me fall in love with Mrs. Gaskell. I smile merely at the sight of the book cover now. :-) I have had a long love affair with many of Gaskell's novella-length fiction. I can't even think about Cousin Philis without my heart swelling a little. Mrs. Gaskell is a lovely, gentle, wise writer.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I do adore Cranford - I just know a few people who found it confusing as it's quite an unusual narrative style. I just love it though.

I love every Gaskell book I've read, and I really need to dive deeper into her novellas and short stories. It's great to hear your thoughts about all her books!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is just so good.

Another great video! I need to read me some more Gaskell...

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

I have just bought Cousin Phillis at a book fair (along with assorted Trollope, Forster, et al) and started listening to Mr Harrison's Confessions. Really looking forward to some more Gaskell! Also I am glad that I'm not the only one who finds Cranford hilarious - I found it the funniest Victorian book I have read. I think Jane Austen would have appreciated its gentle wit.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy more Gaskell - Cranford is so funny, and I definitely think Austen would have liked Gaskell.

Yes, I actually got goosebumps with your comment on Squire Hamley lol. He’s my favorite part of Wives and Daughters, I’d read it again just to go through his characterization. I’ve only read North and South and Wives and Daughters. North and South is also my favorite. I got such a euphoric feeling when I finished it, I really love Meg. I will probably reread N&S often. Congratulations on your Elizabeth Gaskell journey. 😊 I look forward to reading more works by Gaskell.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Squire Hamley is just so entirely well drawn, he's amazing. Thanks :)

I love her so much also! You make me want to go on a binge reading of her, too! Haha. I'm downloading A Dark Nights Work today!! Thank you

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She is so great. Enjoy A Dark Night's Work!

Summary: Gaskell wrote everything but poetry and it's all amazing.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much :D

@rumblefish9

Жыл бұрын

She did! She even wrote mystery!

I just finished Mary Barton and I loved it so much! Have been fangirling over Elizabeth Gaskell last week, so I really needed this video 😂 I think Jane Austen is an author I keep on going back to, but I will have to do a good search to find out when I started 🤔

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Gaskell is just so amazing! Glad you liked Mary Barton.

I finished North and South last week and it completely changed my mind on Gaskell, excellent book. I would never have picked it was the same author as Cranford. Now you’ve peaked my interest in Ruth (comparing novels to Hardy will do that). It’s very interesting that you’ve said she has different styles, sounds like there really should be something for every book fan. :)

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Yay so so glad you liked North and South! Highly recommend Sylvia's Lovers to you as well - it's a bit Hardy-esque, and I think you'll like it, Scott.

Love Elizabeth Gaskell :)

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She's amazing!

@InspiredbyBNatifu

8 ай бұрын

Indeed, she is amazing!

I first encountered Elizabeth Gaskell via the 1975 adaptation of North and South with Patrick Stewart in a wig as John Thornton (As Stewart was from Mirfield in West Yorkshire he had a convincing northern accent) My mother often reminds me of the line between John Thornton and his mother "But I love her mother" which because I had a stronger northern accent than now I could say "But I luv 'er muther" I read the book only later I have to say that even though I come from West Yorkshire and the Brontes get thrust down your throat I always preferred Elizabeth Gaskell and am glad she has been reevaluated recently and seen as the great writer I believe she is Her characters often range over a broad range of social classes and that is a great plus over some other writers where some classes as ignored or stereotyped. I discovered "A Dark Night's Work" in a secondhand bookshop here in Bielefeld and enjoyed that and the other tales in the book. I have yet to read "Ruth" and "Sylvia's Lovers" so thank you for reminding me of her other novels. I loved the description of "Ruth" as "Tess of the d'Urbevilles" written by someone who believed in human goodness - I think she did believe in human goodness and it shows in her writing.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I love Gaskell so much. She's just wonderful.

New, well-lit intro! 😂Appreciate being able to see the pretty teapot!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've been having lots of lighting problems!

Hi Kate. The first classic I have ever read was North and south and simply loved it. It is on my top 3 list of favourite books of all time. I am currently reading Mary Barton and I loving it. I want to finish it to see how it will wrap up but at the same time I want to finish it, if that make sense😊. I want to read all her works, I get the feeling that she will become my favourite author. Happy Victober

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

North and South is just so amazing. Glad you're enjoying Mary Barton too!

So far, Elizabeth Gaskell is my favorite Victorian author. I have read Mary Barton, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. I have enjoyed all of them. The characters are so wonderful and her plots are so interesting. I have Letters of Mrs. Gaskell to read this month. It is quite a tome so I doubt I will get through it but I hope to get through a good portion.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She is such a wonderful author. I'm excited to read some of her letters sometime.

Very thorough.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Love what I've read by Elizabeth Gaskell so far, I think she's vying with Anthony Trollope for my favourite Victorian author! Started with North and South a few years ago, read Mary Barton during Victober last year and A Dark Night's Work this year. Really need to get to Wives and Daughters now...

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She's so great! You definitely need to get to Wives and Daughters; you'll love it :)

I love Cranford and have reread it many times. I read Mary Barton last year, and read Cousin Phyllis as part of Victober this year. I am hoping to fit in another this month as well. I loved hearing about your experience with her.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

I've seen the BBC adaptations of North and south, wives and daughters and cranford. I'm dying to eventually get to the novels. 2021 will definitely be the year!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

They're all wonderful, I promise!

There's a new North and South audiobook narrated by Gemma Whelan that I'm really looking forward to listen to. Also your Marxist analysis of North and South sounds fascinating! 😊

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

It was good fun! I really want to reread North and South again soon, hoping to listen to it on audiobook.

This Victober is screaming out that I should read Elizabeth Gaskell. Not just from your channel but also Kate Howe's channel and Ros's Scallydandling channel... so I'll be looking out to see if I can find one of her books here in Tbilisi ...ideally North and South or Mary Barton....thanks for the information.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Gaskell is amazing I promise!

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiejlumsden your recommendations have been mighty fine and dandy thus far.

I downloaded North and South as an audiobook a few years ago thinking it was a book about the American Civil War. Boy, was I initially confused.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Ha yes that would surprise you!

I read Lois the Witch for Victober. Respect Gaskell very much for the ending. So interesting to get that story from an English perspective.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a great novella.

Love your videos! I didn't know this author or her books, just heard of her name and the first book but never paid her attention. I am going to read north and south immediately and which one should i read next?

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

She's amazing! Highly recommend starting with North and South, and then reading to Wives and Daughters or Mary Barton next.

When I think of authors I’ve had a long relationship with, outside of assigned reading and children’s classics, Margaret Atwood comes to mind. I was basically an Atwood fangirl from roughly 2013-2016. Also Ann Patchett-I remember reading Bel Canto at around 13 and have loved her other books that I’ve read. And Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams were a big deal for me in middle school...I would still count these authors as my favorites, but I’m realizing I haven’t read anything by any of them in at least a few years. I’ve been prioritizing new-to-me authors, but I want to start coming back to old favorites as well.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I always find it interesting looking back on authors I've been reading for a long time.

For the purpose of learning English, what sort of victorian novels do you recommend?

Oh no I started with Cranford. I read Mr Harrison’s confessions first and now about 25per cent into it. I feel it’s a book that I need to spend a few hours with rather than dipping in and out.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I do love Mr Harrison's Confessions :)

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Are Mr Harrison's Confessions and My Lady Ludlow not also set in Cranford? My edition of Cranford is a bind up published by vintage called "the cranford Chronicles" and features Mr Harrison's Confessions, Cranford and My Lady Ludlow, so I assumed they were all set in the same fictional small town of Cranford. Is that not the case, I'm confused now 😂 looking forward to reading them all regardless though!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, they're not set in Cranford - but some years ago there was a television miniseries called 'Cranford' which combined Cranford, Mr Harrison's Confessions and My Lady Ludlow, and since then they've been published together quite a lot.

@thelibrarybat4254

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiejlumsden oh really? I've just looked at my edition again (vintage books, 2007) and while there's no introduction or editor's note or anything like that, the blurb specifically describes them all as being set in the same fictional town of Cranford and I've read elsewhere that 'Mr Harrison's Confessions' is a a prequel to the events of Cranford. How bizarre!

Would enjoy to hear about a Marxist interpretation of the urban industrial novels, thank you. Ashamed to say I've only read one Gaskell. Inspired to read the Salem witch themed novel now

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I should look out that old essay sometime!

I’m interested in reading Mary Barton now. Not sure how I feel about knowing that there is a surprise twist. But then it wouldn’t have stood out to me if you hadn’t mentioned it ;)

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah every edition I've ever seen of Mary Barton spoils the plot entirely on the back, because they think what the twist is is a great hook, so I always try and say it has a bit of a twist without explaining what it is to interest people. It's not like a mystery twist, more like a plot change of direct, if you see what I mean.

@asdabir

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiejlumsden just finished the audiobook and really enjoyed it. I agree, I would not have liked it to know the plot development in advance, especially since it comes so late in the novel. Thanks for your recommendations:)

She is good at characterization. Sometimes it is as if she had tape recorded real people speaking and had just transcribed the tapes into text. I don't understand why literature critics and academics regard her as so second rate compared to other C19th British authors.

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I know, she's just so amazing, I do wish she was more regarded. We did study her at my uni, but certainly Eliot and Dickens were a bit more bigged up.

I started off with Ruth. Wasn't a great choice...i sadly couldn't finish it. Then i read Cranford, which i enjoyed. One small detail ruined the taste of the book for me. There is a certain rather important person mentioned who is said to have been an indigo farmer in India. Being an indian, i was taught, since i was very young, how horrible indigo farming by the British had been for Indian farmers. It even lead to a revolt in Bengal which was suppressed very cruelly by the British. (Indigo Revolt of 1859) So, i couldn't help having it colour my judgement of the entire thing...and i also couldn't help thinking that that character should have just died in India, considering how blood-stained his hands would have definitely been. (This is always the danger of reading Victorian Literature as an Indian. It is also the reason why i will never read anything by Kipling. And the reason why i avoid books like The Moonstone, A Passage to India,etc.) However, now i am reading Mary Barton and enjoying it!

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the depiction of India in Victorian literature isn't great. I can see why you're avoiding Kipling and The Moonstone (A Passage to India is a bit more nuanced, though still out-dated), and can see how that spoiled Cranford for you. Glad you're enjoying Mary Barton though!

Olá! Tenho Esposas e filhas, Norte e Sul, mas não li. Acredito que sejam maravilhosos.Beijos

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! :)

Have you ever watched the dark comedy film Pretty Persuasion ?

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I have not.

@michaelgarcia2973

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiejlumsden i not only discovered About Elizabeth Gaskell but also Anne Lister of Yorkshire she is featured in a mini series Gentleman Jack

If you are an Austenite then you should definitely read her favourite author Fanny Burney

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I've read Evelina. I must admit I didn't love it.

Is there any worry telling all the world you love an author they may not know? Is it possible that they'll love her too and she won't be just yours anymore? Or maybe they'll love her and everyone will love her, and it'll be a brand new world! Or maybe they won't like her, and they'll question your taste? idk - thx for letting me in - very nice content

@katiejlumsden

3 жыл бұрын

I want everyone to read and enjoy Elizabeth Gaskell. I really don't need her to be all mine, and it's not like she's an unknown anyway! At least in the UK she's fairly well known; I studied her at university, etc. And if people don't like the books I like, that's fine - I'm confident enough of my own taste and aware enough that everyone has different opinions to each other that that's fine!

@jamesduggan7200

3 жыл бұрын

@@katiejlumsden Possibly she's less well-known here. I can't speak for others so maybe I've been unaware of have forgot. Nevertheless, I like to believe that there are people who have a favorite author whom they keep hidden from others. I have one or two that I rarely recommend bc I'm afraid I'll become jealous if someone else likes it too.