Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. She was born in London, the daughter of a Unitarian minister, and grew up in Knutsford, Cheshire. She married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister, in 1832 and moved to Manchester. Gaskell wrote several novels, including Mary Barton (1848), Cranford (1853), North and South (1855), and Wives and Daughters (1866). Her works often focused on the lives of women in Victorian England, and she was a strong advocate for social reform. She was also a friend of Charles Dickens, and wrote the biography of him, The Life of Charles Dickens (1872-1873). Gaskell died in 1865, and is buried in the graveyard of her husband's church in Manchester. Her works remain popular today, and she is considered one of the most important authors of the Victorian era.
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