The Elizabeth Gaskell Library

In which a young surgeon recounts settling into the picturesque town of Duncombe under the watchful eye of the somewhat fastidious Mr. Morgan, whose concern for propriety and social standing guides mu...

22 Loka 31min

In which the secret of the empty house begins to unravel through the earnest endeavours of a devoted servant, revealing a hidden child linked to a troubled family legacy. The tale closes gently on a n...

21 Loka 32min

In which Trottle, a servant newly emboldened to act upon his own thoughts, ventures into the mysterious, long-empty House To Let and encounters a strange, cheerfully sinister mother and her ailing son...

20 Loka 39min

In which the sombre winter days unfold the quiet sorrows and steadfast duties of Bertha, whose tender heart battles with grief and the burdens of love lost and renewed in the dim rooms of her ancestra...

19 Loka 21min

In which the curious history of the House to Let is unfolded through the spirited account of Toby Magsman and his remarkable companion, the dwarf known as Mr. Chops, whose ventures from whimsical amus...

18 Loka 38min

In which a faithful servant wrestles with a grievous secret, shielding her mistress’s child and confronting suspicion, while the household unravels in anxious whispers and unspoken fears. The sombre t...

17 Loka 51min

In which the reader is led through the finely-wrought tale of a Manchester family whose fortunes and affections intertwine amid trials of love, loss, and unlooked-for companionship in London; and in w...

16 Loka 31min

In which a solitary lady, seeking a change of scene upon the advice of her physician, takes up lodgings opposite a long-empty, dilapidated house known as the House to Let, whose very presence begins t...

15 Loka 37min