Today is the bicentennial of the birth of British novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. Much of her work dealt with issues created by the rapid industrialization of mid-19th century England. This week a stained glass window honoring her was added to the Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
In the last decade Gaskell has found renewed prominence based of the BBC's cinematic adaptations of several of here novels. Below is a trailer and a clip from two of those films.
Trailer for North & South.
An amusing scene from Cranford.
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