17214 Victorian Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters brought to film by Andrew Davies

The historical detail often helps reveal her artistic expression as a deep reaction to the larger world

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17214 Victorian Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and DaughtersThis play was inspired by a remark of A. A. Milne about how Jane Austen talked like Elizabeth Bennet, "of course" and of a desire to see Jane walking and talking. Based largely on Austen's letters, augmented by family tradition and the letters of Eliza de Feuillide. Very well preserved, with some light wear to the jacket (now in mylar) and a bookplate of a previous owner in the front. Duckworth, London. 1939 first edition. Hb, Dj. USED. $50. 00