The Life Of Charlotte Bronte Volume 2 Author:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 ? 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians a... more »s well as lovers of literature. -wikipedia« less