โ Scribed by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Perhaps the most well known of the novels from the English novelist and short story writer, whose writings can be seen as critiques of Victorian era attitudes, particularly those toward women, with complex narratives and dynamic women characters.
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