Elizabeth Gaskell (aka ‘Mrs Gaskell’), author of such classic Victorian and ‘Condition of England’ novels as North and South and Cranford, died in Holybourne, Hampshire, on 12 November 1865 – she was 55.
The Illustrated London News did a feature on ‘The Secret of the Author of Cranford‘.
![](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gaskell.jpg)
To commemorate the day, here is a newspaper tribute to Mrs Gaskell that was published on 18 November 1865.
![Death of Elizabeth Gaskell](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gaskell-1.jpg)
![Death of Elizabeth Gaskell](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Gaskell-2.jpg)
We’ve also included three splendid illustrations for the novel, Cranford, which were published in The Graphic newspaper.
![](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cranford-1.jpg)
![](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cranford-2.jpg)
![](http://fh1-fmp-wp01.dun.fh/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Cranford-3.jpg)
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