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The Moorland Cottage
Mrs. Gaskell was a Victorian short story and novelist. Her biography of Charlotte Bronte is her most famous work. Gaskell's novels portray varied social classes. Gaskell saw and wrote about the problems caused by the gulf between the social classes. She fought for tolerance and better labor conditions. The Moorland Cottage was published in 1850.
Paperback, 116 pages
Published
October 12th 2007
by Book Jungle
(first published 1850)
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The Browne siblings could not be more different: sweet, mild mannered Maggie and rough, self-centered Ned. How are their lives affected when they are introduced to the Buxton family, a well-to-do country family?[return][return]The widow Mrs. Browne has high hopes for her son, yet cuts her daughter at every turn. Mr. Buxton takes an interest in Ned's schooling, while his son Frank and niece Erminia sympathizes for Maggie's ill treatment at the hands of her family. How far will Maggie go to keep p...more
http://gaskellblog.com is hosting a group read of this book. Luckily my copy arrived on day one and I was able to read chapter one and then read all the blog entries related to chapter one.
Here's the schedule:
Day One – Feb. 1st
Ch. 1
Day Two – Feb. 3rd
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Day Three – Feb. 6th
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Day Four – Feb. 9th
Ch. 6
Ch. 7...more
Here's the schedule:
Day One – Feb. 1st
Ch. 1
Day Two – Feb. 3rd
Ch. 2
Ch. 3
Day Three – Feb. 6th
Ch. 4
Ch. 5
Day Four – Feb. 9th
Ch. 6
Ch. 7...more
The Moorland Cottage is the chronicle of brother and sister Edward and Maggie Browne. Edward is a bit of an ass but yet Maggie still follows him around like a lost puppy filling his every request. This is until she meets Frank Buxton and her attentions begin to drift elsewhere.
The story plays out like the fairy tale Cinderella, but once Maggie has claimed her glass slipper, the reader is only halfway through the short novel. What could happen to this seeming perfect union? Her i...more
The story plays out like the fairy tale Cinderella, but once Maggie has claimed her glass slipper, the reader is only halfway through the short novel. What could happen to this seeming perfect union? Her i...more
I really loved The Moorland Cottage (my copy only has the one novelette). Maggie's progression from spineless young girl to the woman at the end is really fun to read, and, if it's a bit oversweet and religious at times, it's not nearly as bad as most 19th-century social issues fiction (it helps that Gaskell was a Unitarian). While the proposal kind of comes out of nowhere, the characters in general (especially Edward and Mrs. Brown) are really well-written. I would definitely recommend this boo...more
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This is one of Gaskell's lesser known novels and, while the writing is still there, the story is a thin Victorian melodrama.
It goes something like this -- wealthy landowner's son falls in love with virtuous, but poor, clergyman's daughter. (Clergyman, of course, is deceased.) Landowner is appalled his son is interested in this poor, but salt-of-the-earth young woman and has not-so-secretly imagined him to be married to his cousin. Said cousin could care less about wealthy landowner's s...more
It goes something like this -- wealthy landowner's son falls in love with virtuous, but poor, clergyman's daughter. (Clergyman, of course, is deceased.) Landowner is appalled his son is interested in this poor, but salt-of-the-earth young woman and has not-so-secretly imagined him to be married to his cousin. Said cousin could care less about wealthy landowner's s...more
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If you like romance cloaked in a veneer of good literature (Jane Eyre, Jane Austen) you will probably enjoy Elizabeth Gaskell.
This was my first foray into reading free Kindle books on my computer. (Now I want a Kindle!) Anyway, this was a lovely quick read. So frustrating when it comes to women's roles and inherent gender bias, but such were the times.
This was my first foray into reading free Kindle books on my computer. (Now I want a Kindle!) Anyway, this was a lovely quick read. So frustrating when it comes to women's roles and inherent gender bias, but such were the times.
Frustrating read. I wanted to like it, but the characters were unlikeable and unrealistic. I don't know how old Mrs. Gaskell was when she wrote it, but the writing, especially at the beginning felt juvenile. The ending was forced and unbelievable.
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I loved Cranford (the book and the PBS series) and really liked this one until it veered into Victorian melodrama. Still, a nice comfort read for a snowy night.
It was too short. I would have given it more stars if it were longer. Easy and entertaining, but it lacked the drawn out nature these books tend to give
I actually just read The Moorland Cottage, but apparently it's not listed singly. I liked it - not as much as North and South.
This was a great classic. I enjoyed the characters, rooted for Maggie and Frank, despised the unloving mother, and was torn over what to think of Edward. The imagery in the book is beautiful-you feel like you are there in the cottage, at the thorn tree with Maggie and feel the wind off the moor. Someday maybe I'll really get to experience the moors for myself! A triumphant feel good story. I give it 4 stars.
A good short story. Maggie becomes someone we all hope we can be a little like.
Not as good as North and South, but I enjoyed it.
AHHHH another great book from Elizabeth Gaskell.
I love reading an old book. This was charming and a quick read. I hated her brother and mother. She was born in an era where her only choice was to endure and she did!
Edition irrelevant.
Enjoyed every story
This is a novella rather than a novel, so it's a quick read. I gave it three stars mostly because I like Gaskell as an author. This was one of her earlier works, published in 1850, and doesn't measure up to The Cranford Chronicles or North and South. It is a little too sentimental for me. My copy was published by Norilana Books and has a number of editing errors, mostly instances of "f" substituted for "t". Perhaps they scanned a manuscript and printed without editing.
I loved it. It was a quick read and not as intense as some of Gaskell's other works but delightful. It truly shows why she is such an acclaimed author. The word pictures and descriptions of scenery and emotions is amazing to the senses. You could actually picture yourself on the moors and enjoying the solitary moments with a favorite tree to meditate by. A surprise twist in the ending for me, yes rather abrupt, but still not what I expected.
Reading this for the Read Along over on GaskellBlog.com :)
Wonderful story, heroine showes strong moral strength and values.
No where near as layered as her other novels, but thoughtful in its own small way.
Maggie always does what she can for her brother, who is overbearing and selfish. She will even leave the love of her life to take her brother to America to avoid being captured by the law for his crimes.
A complicated and touching story by Ms. Gaskell. It was enjoyable to read.
A complicated and touching story by Ms. Gaskell. It was enjoyable to read.
My first Gaskell (I know, where have I been?!?) and it won't be my last. My only complaint is that the ending is kind of abrupt, and I want more!
Enjoyable for the most part but a little too much Victorian Melodrama towards the end.
Predictable but pleasant.
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