Download or read book The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These letters, covering such subjects as scarlet fever, the Lancashire cotton famine and the American Civil War, bring history alive. They also throw light on Gaskell's own writings, especially her biography of Charlotte Brontèe.