Gaskell
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- proper noun
- /ˈɡæs.kəl/
- Her works engage the same readers as those who read Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters.
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Gaskell's Mary Barton
- Gaskell's biography of Charlotte
Examples
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As I said, I cannot boast to know much about Mrs. Gaskell, except that she and Dickens were friends.
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I recall that the novel was nearing completion when our Mrs. Gaskell passed away.
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What time did Professor Gaskell leave the museum last night?
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Has Professor Gaskell come in yet this morning?
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Professor Gaskell has surpassed even himself.
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Not to mention that Mrs. Gaskell and Dickens were actually friends.
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As a short story, "Journey" offers different possibilities and challenges than does Gaskell's Mary Barton.
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But Gaskell herself presents a caricature of Chartism in her novel.
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There is Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Brontë and other biographies of Abigail Adams and Julia Ward Howe.
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Have you read any novels by Gaskell, especially 'Cranford'?
Synonyms
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An English novelist and biographer of the 1800s known for novels about social problems and a biography of Charlotte Bronte
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gaskell is an English family name, like Smith or Baker, originally used to show which family or place a person came from. So when you see Gaskell in a sentence about books, it names the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell.