Elizabeth Gaskell (Writer)

North & South

Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...

Release Date2004-11-14

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count4

Vote Count192

Cranford

A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Release Date2007-11-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count50

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters is a 1999 four part BBC serial adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. It focuses on Molly Gibson, the daughter of the town doctor, and the changes that occur in her life after her widowed father chooses to remarry. The union brings into her once-quiet life an ever-proper stepmother and flirtatious stepsister, Cynthia, while a friendship with the local squire brings about an unexpected romance.

Release Date1999-11-28

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count6

Vote Count39

Heartstrings

A sailor returns from 'death' to find his wife has remarried for the sake of her crippled child.

Release Date1923-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel