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Where Austen leaves off, Gaskell picks up.
There is a great similarity in the style of these two 19th century writers. Both wield language with elegance and strength. Call it muscle-bound eloquence!
Gaskell was born during the time in which Austen set most of her books...well round about then anyway. It's hard to tell exactly when most Austen novels are set, but generally they're meant to be prior to or during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Gaskell was born in 1810.
However, Gaskell's writing ...more
There is a great similarity in the style of these two 19th century writers. Both wield language with elegance and strength. Call it muscle-bound eloquence!
Gaskell was born during the time in which Austen set most of her books...well round about then anyway. It's hard to tell exactly when most Austen novels are set, but generally they're meant to be prior to or during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Gaskell was born in 1810.
However, Gaskell's writing ...more
I just don't have the patience to read classics (and weird English accents) anymore haha. Interesting story though. Very wordy in descriptions. We got it, Margaret was super hot. Meh, I would prefer watch its BBC's adaptation.
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The four-part BBC adaptation is one of my favorite things ever, so I figured it was high time I read the book it was birthed from. Though I prefer the film's emotional nuance to Gaskell's often melodramatic prose, I recognize how unusual this novel must have been for the time it was written - and her ability to weave so much challenging subject matter into one coherent narrative is fairly astonishing.
The reality of the characters is what makes me love them; they are the farthest thing from arche ...more
The reality of the characters is what makes me love them; they are the farthest thing from arche ...more
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