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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell : Bessy's Troubles at Home
'The children who like Bessy's Troubles are great geese, & no judges at all, which children generally are, for it is complete rubbish I am sorry to say'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: 'children', presumably known to Marianne Gaskell Print: Book
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell : Cranford
'My reader is a great success. It is ''Cranford'', and ''D-n Dr Johnson'' comes in. She stopped dead and said ''a slang expression''. I can't perceive she is ever amused.'
