My Lady Ludlow (Annotated)

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Overview

• This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Why should Elizabeth Gaskell be considered a reference in English literature?

Originally published in 1858, “My Lady Ludlow” is a delightful novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.

“My Lady Ludlow” chronicles the daily life of the widowed Countess of Ludlow of Hanbury. Lady Ludlow is absolute mistress of Hanbury Court and a resolute opponent of anything that might disturb the class system into which she was born. She will keep no servant who can read and write and insists that the lower orders have no rights, but only duties. But the winds of change are blowing through the village of Hanbury. The vicar, Mr. Gray, wishes to start a Sunday school for religious reasons; Mr. Horner wants to educate the citizens for economic reasons. But Lady Ludlow is not as rigid as one may think.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9791220899611
Publisher:	ePembaBooks
Publication date:	04/28/2023
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Tremendously popular in her lifetime, the books of the English author Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) have often been overshadowed by her contemporaries the Brontës and George Eliot. Yet the reputation of her long-neglected masterpiece Wives and Daughters continues to grow. Gaskell wrote six novels in all — of which North and South and Cranford remain two of the best known — as well as numerous short stories, novellas, and a biography of her great friend Charlotte Brontё.