My Lady Ludlow Author:Elizabeth Gaskell It is with sheer delight that we follow the activities and development of this lady of high principles and prejudice, whose kind heart wins over a seemingly unrelenting nature. Moving and frightening scenes of the French Revolution also appear in this remarkable narrative. — ?My Lady Ludlow? held sway at Hanbury Court, where it was an almost inev... more »itable rule never to engage a servant-girl who could read and write, for she did not believe in ?modern? education. ?I always said a good despotism was the best form of government,? and indeed she was not above defying the law when it suited her ? as it did in the case of the wretched poacher Job Gregson?
What then is she to do when confronted with the young lad, the very son of that same Job Gregson, who is literate and numerate and has revealed his skill by relating the contents of a letter meant for her? The scene shifts to the troubled streets of Paris during the reign of terror and back again to Hanbury, where the further doings of ?My Lady Ludlow,? her tenants and acquaintances are revealed with all Mrs. Gaskell?s skill and not a little humour and sympathy.« less
ISBN-13: 9780862992484 ISBN-10: 0862992486 Pages:198 Edition:New Ed Rating: