The Moorland Cottage
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By Elizabeth Gaskell 22 Aug, 2019
The Moorland Cottage" by Elizabeth Gaskell follows the life story of a very different sister and brother, Maggie and Edward Browne, children of the late curate of Combehurst, who live with their grieving widow mother in "The Moorland Cottage" of the ... Read more
The Moorland Cottage" by Elizabeth Gaskell follows the life story of a very different sister and brother, Maggie and Edward Browne, children of the late curate of Combehurst, who live with their grieving widow mother in "The Moorland Cottage" of the novel title. For years Maggie, gentle, dutiful, and loving, does what she can on behalf of her brother, the overbearing and selfish Edward, and yet their mother continues to prefer her son to the very end. "The Moorland Cottage" is the complicated and touching story of familial bonds and the search for happiness by the talented contemporary of Charlotte Brontë. Less
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  • 1995-06-01
  • English
  • 978-1604594676
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. ...
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