Aurora Project
(Elizabeth Gaskell)
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Elizabeth Gaskell was a famous nineteenth century novelist,
renowned for writing about places and situations which she
encountered during her life. Her books often dealt with
social concerns, and from her writings we have been able to
learn a great deal about life in England in those days.
Born to an upper middle class family , and later marrying a
clergyman, she saw many different sides of life, and the
contrast between the rich and the poor. After the death of
her mother when she was still a baby, she was sent from her
birthplace, London, to Knutsford in Cheshire to live with
an Aunt. From an early age she loved books, and at thirteen
was sent to Avonbank Boarding School, at Stratford upon
Avon, where she spent enjoyable schooldays.
When her father died she was left with relatively little
money, and to support herself she became a governess. She
lived in several different parts of the country: London,
Newcastle, Edinburgh and finally Manchester. Here she met a
young junior minister William Gaskell, who was to become
her husband. As a minister?s wife, Elizabeth became very
involved in helping the poor, and saw for the first time,
the dreadful hovels and cellars in which many workers lived
amongst soot and grime.
When she was twenty eight, Elizabeth wrote an article about
an old country house, which was printed in a magazine.
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