"Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries) Wives and Daughters is a 1999 four-part BBC serial adapted from the novel ""Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story"" by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. The series was a joint production of the BBC and WGBH Boston, an American public broadcast station and 'won high audience ratings' when it first screened in the UK in 1999. Its audience rivalry with an adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"", screened on ITV at the same time, was dubbed 'the battle of the bonnets'. It appeared in the US on BBC America in August 2000 and was later shown"
"from November 1863 to February 1864. The serialisation of her last novel, ""Wives and Daughters"", began in August 1864 in ""The Cornhill"". She died of a heart attack in 1865, while visiting a house she had purchased in Holybourne, Hampshire. ""Wives and Daughters"" was published in book form in early 1866, first in the United States and then, ten days later, in Britain. Gaskell's reputation from her death to the 1950s was epitomized by Lord David Cecil's assessment in ""Early Victorian Novelists"" (1934) that she was ""all woman"" and ""makes a creditable effort to overcome her natural deficiencies but all"
"rest she left out, deciding that certain, more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are ""Cranford"" (1851–53), ""North and South"" (1854–55), and ""Wives and Daughters"" (1865). Gaskell was born Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson on 29 September 1810 in Lindsey Row, Chelsea, London, at the house that is now 93 Cheyne Walk. She was the youngest of eight children; only she and her brother John survived infancy. Her father, William Stevenson, a Unitarian from Berwick-upon-Tweed, was minister at Failsworth, Lancashire, but resigned his orders on conscientious grounds; he moved to London in 1806 with the intention of"
"Walter Greenwood Walter Greenwood (17 December 1903 – 13 September 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel ""Love on the Dole"" (1933). Greenwood was born at 56, Ellor Street, his father's house and hairdresser's shop in ""Hanky Park"", Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. His parents belonged to the radical working classes. His father died when he was nine years old, and his mother provided for him by working as a waitress. Like many children he quit school at the age of 13 to work (as a pawnbroker's clerk). He had a succession of low paid jobs, and"
"in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13 September 1974 aged 70. Walter Greenwood Walter Greenwood (17 December 1903 – 13 September 1974) was an English novelist, best known for the socially influential novel ""Love on the Dole"" (1933). Greenwood was born at 56, Ellor Street, his father's house and hairdresser's shop in ""Hanky Park"", Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire. His parents belonged to the radical working classes. His father died when he was nine years old, and his mother provided for him by working as a waitress. Like many children he quit school at the age of 13 to work (as a"
"Alice Greenwood Alice Drayton Greenwood (1862–1935) was a British historian, teacher and writer. Greenwood was born in Chorlton, in Lancashire on 18 November 1862. Her father was Joseph Gouge Greenwood and her mother was Elizabeth (Eliza) Taylor. Her maternal grandfather was Unitarian minister John Taylor. Alice had a younger sister and her mother died in 1871. The sisters were brought up in Fallowfield after her father remarried. Her father's career in teaching went well and he rose to be a Professor of History and Classics. In 1857 he was made principal of Owen's College. In 1880 he became the vice-chancellor"
"George Gissing George Robert Gissing (; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, ""Workers in the Dawn"", in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include ""The Nether World"" (1889), ""New Grub Street"" (1891), and ""The Odd Women"" (1893). Gissing was born on 22 November 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the eldest of five children of Thomas Waller Gissing, who ran a chemist's shop, and Margaret (née Bedford). His"
"Major Greenwood Major Greenwood FRS (9 August 1880 – 5 October 1949) was an English epidemiologist and statistician. Major Greenwood junior was born in Shoreditch in London's East End, the only child of Major Greenwood, a doctor in general practice there (""Major"" was his forename, not a military rank.) and his wife Annie, daughter of Peter Lodwick Burchell, F.R.C.S., M.B., L.S.A. The Greenwood family is recorded back to the twelfth century in the person of Wyomarus Greenwode, of Greenwode Leghe, near Heptonstall, Yorkshire, caterer to the Empress Maude in 1154. Greenwood was educated on the classical side at Merchant Taylors'"
"Gillian, Lady Greenwood of Rossendale Gillian (Jill) Greenwood (11 April 1910 – 19 July 1995), Baroness Greenwood of Rossendale, was an English artist, illustrator and designer, co-creator of The Ministry of Information's ""Make Do and Mend"" pamphlet series and an important early member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). Born ""Gillian Crawshay-Williams"" in London to parents Leslie Crawshay-Williams and Joyce Collier Kilburn, Jill was the younger of their two children (her elder brother being writer Rupert Crawshay-Williams, born in 1908). Leslie Crawshay-Williams was the son of Welsh MP Arthur John Williams, while Joyce was the only child of artists"
"""The Napoleon Dynasty"" (2nd ed., 1855). He also wrote several novels: ""The Loves of an Apothecary"" (1854), ""The Path of Roses"" (1859) and (with his brother James) ""Under a Cloud"" (1860). To the second number of the ""Cornhill Magazine"" he contributed ""An Essay without End,"" and this led to an introduction to Thackeray. In 1862, when Thackeray resigned the editorship of the ""Cornhill"", Greenwood became joint editor with G. H. Lewes. In 1864 he was appointed sole editor, a post which he held until 1868. While at the ""Cornhill"" he wrote an article in which he suggested, to some extent,"
"(1987) and ""Out of Black Mountains"", the latter completed weeks before her death in 2006. Cecily Mackworth Cecily Joan Mackworth (15 August 1911 – 22 July 2006) was a Welsh author and explorer. Mackworth was born in Monmouthshire in 1911, to an illustrious and well-connected Welsh coal-owner family. Her great-grandfather Sir Digby Mackworth, an officer in Wellington's army, married Julie de Richepense, the daughter of one of Napoleon's generals. Her aunt Margaret, Viscountess de Rhondda, was an editor of the newspaper ""Time and Tide"". Her father, Francis Julian Audley Mackworth (1876–1914), a captain in the British Army, was killed early"
"during 1950, in a similar factory setting to ""Love on the Dole"". During 1951 his book ""Lancashire"" of the County Books Series was published by Robert Hale and Company. It has only five chapters of which the first four are short and the fifth (pp. 42-298) contains descriptions of the larger towns and a selection of other places. He retired to Douglas, Isle of Man during the 1950s, and wrote an autobiography ""There Was A Time"" (1967) which became a play ""Hanky Park"" (1968). Greenwood's manuscripts and letters are archived in the University of Salford's Walter Greenwood Collection. He died"
"conflicted with the policy upheld by the majority of his colleagues; and when the Victoria University became federal in fact by the admission of Liverpool University College and Yorkshire College, Leeds, he guarded the interests of Owens College. Towards the close of 1889, in poor health, he resigned the principalship which he had held for thirty-seven years. Shortly afterwards he settled at Eastbourne, where he occupied himself with literary pursuits, including a revision of the text of William Wordsworth. He died at Eastbourne on 25 September 1894. In 1873 the university of Cambridge conferred on Greenwood the honorary degree of"
"had three daughters. To support the fatherless family, she wrote her first novel, ""Phyllis"". Soon after its favourable reception, she wrote ""Molly Bawn"", which became her best-known book. She married Thomas Henry Hungerford, of Cahirmore, in 1882, with whom she had two sons and one daughter. They lived at St. Brenda's, Bandon, County Cork. By contemporary accounts, she enjoyed country life and was an avid gardener. She rarely travelled far from home. She was one of the few women in Victorian times who was both a prolific author and mother of a sizeable family. She died at Bandon of typhoid"
"to 1956. The books often feature his gifted but laconic gardener ""Oldfield"". Nichols's final trilogy is referred to as ""The Sudbrook Trilogy"" (1963–1968) and concerns his late 18th-century attached cottage at Ham, near Richmond, Surrey. Nichols wrote on a wide range of topics, always looking for ""the next big thing"". As examples, he ghostwrote Dame Nellie Melba's 1925 ""autobiography"" ""Memories and Melodies"" (he was at the time her personal secretary, and his 1933 book ""Evensong"" was believed based on aspects of her life). In 1966 he wrote ""A Case of Human Bondage"" about the marriage and divorce of writer William"
"Edward Dickens Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (13 March 1852 – 23 January 1902) was the youngest son of English novelist Charles Dickens and his wife Catherine. He immigrated to Australia at the age of 16, and eventually entered politics, serving as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1889 to 1894. He died in poverty at the age of 49. Nicknamed ""Plorn"", Dickens was clearly named after Edward Bulwer-Lytton — nowadays much satirised for the famous opening line of his 1830 novel ""Paul Clifford"", ""It was a dark and stormy night"" — and educated at Tunbridge Wells"
"small village of Winterton-on-Sea. His novel ""The Moonstone"" was serialised in ""All the Year Round"" from January to August 1868. His mother, Harriet Collins, died that year. In 1870, his novel ""Man and Wife"" was published. This year also saw the death of Charles Dickens, which caused him great sadness. He said of their early days together, ""We saw each other every day, and were as fond of each other as men could be."" ""The Woman in White"" was dramatised and produced at the Olympic Theatre in October 1871. Collins's novel ""Poor Miss Finch"" was serialised in ""Cassell's Magazine"" from"
"in Brompton Cemetery, London. Mary Louisa Molesworth Mary Louisa Molesworth, ""née"" Stewart (29 May 1839 – 20 January 1921) was an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, ""Lover and Husband"" (1869) to ""Cicely"" (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth. She was born in Rotterdam, a daughter of Charles Augustus Stewart (1809–1873) who later became a rich merchant in Manchester and his wife Agnes Janet Wilson (1810–1883). Mary had three brothers and two"
"Nobody Lives in Bloomsbury"" (2006), a fictional study of the Bloomsbury Group. Gillian Freeman Gillian Freeman (born 5 December 1929) is a British writer. Born to Jewish parents Dr. Jack Freeman and his wife Freda (née Davids) in North London, she graduated in English Language and Literature from the University of Reading in 1951. She married Edward Thorpe, novelist and ballet critic of the ""Evening Standard"", in 1955. They have two daughters, the actresses Harriet Thorpe and Matilda Thorpe. One of her best known books was the 1961 novel ""The Leather Boys"" (published under the pseudonym Eliot George, a reference"
"in the classics. His experiences in Italy formed a basis for the 1890 work ""The Emancipated"". On 25 February 1891, he married another working-class woman, Edith Alice Underwood. They settled in Exeter, but moved to Brixton in June 1893 and Epsom in 1894. They had two children, Walter Leonard (1891–1916) and Alfred Charles Gissing (1896–1975), but the marriage was not successful. Edith did not understand his work and Gissing insisted on keeping them socially isolated from his peers, which exacerbated problems in the marriage. Whereas Nell was too sick to complain about his controlling behaviour, some historians believe Edith stood"
"George Greenwood Sir Granville George Greenwood (3 January 1850 – 27 October 1928), usually known as George Greenwood or G. G. Greenwood, was a British lawyer, politician, cricketer, animal welfare reformer and energetic advocate of the Shakespeare authorship question. Born Granville George Greenwood, in Kensington, London, he was the second son of John Greenwood, Q. C. and Fanny Welch. Educated at Eton he was in the ""select"" for the Newcastle scholarship and then matriculated to Trinity College, Cambridge. As a foundation scholar, he took his degree with a first-class in the classical tripos in 1873. Having been called to the"
"He was the most prolific contributor of plays to the Britannia and his sources ranged from recently published novels and serialisations in such journals as ""The Family"", ""The Herald"" and ""Bow Bells"" to juvenile literature, popular paintings and newspaper reports. Among his most popular adaptations were versions of Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sensation novels ""Lady Audley's Secret"" (1862; dramatiasation 1863) and Aurora Floyd (1863; dramatisation 1863). He died at 44 Huntingdon Street, Haggerston, London, on 31 May 1875, aged 52, leaving two children, a son, Henry Colin Hazlewood (lessee and manager of the Star Theatre, Wolverhampton) and a daughter. Thirty of"
"volumes. He also founded a small library at Hatherlow in honour of his old pastor Williain Urwick. Formerly a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Greenwood travelled extensively, and in Japan in 1907 contracted an illness of which he died at Frith Knowl, Elstree, Hertfordshire, on 9 November 1908. His remains after cremation at Golder's Green were interred at Hatherlow congregational church. He married Marianne, daughter of Wilham Pettet, and had a son and two daughters. Thomas Greenwood (publisher) Thomas Greenwood (9 May 1851 – 9 November 1908) was a British publisher, and advocate of public libraries Thomas was the"
"Benson Sidgewick and was notable for being an employer of Charlotte Brontë when she was governess at Swarcliffe. Frederick's son John Greenwood was a Member of parliament at Ripon, North Yorkshire. Frederick Greenwood (magistrate) Frederick Greenwood (born 15 January 1797, Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, died 28 August 1862, Norton Conyers House, Wensleydale) was an English magistrate who served as justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for both North Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1855 he was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire however due to failing health he was unable to accept the position. Frederick"
"Gabriel Fielding Gabriel Fielding (25 March 1916, Hexham, Northumberland, England – 27 November 1986, Bellevue, Washington), pen name of Alan Gabriel Barnsley, was a British novelist whose works include: ""In the Time of Greenbloom"", ""The Birthday King"", ""Through Streets Broad and Narrow"" and ""The Women of Guinea Lane"". Fielding's father, George, was an Anglican vicar at Hexham and his mother, Katherine Fielding Barnsley, was a descendant of the novelist Henry Fielding. His pen name was derived from his illustrious ancestor. 1925-29 Secondary education started at now defunct Grange School in Eastbourne. 1929-1931 Attended St Edwards School, Oxford 1933 Attended Faircourt"
"opened in 1879 as the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. In 1873 he retired and moved to London where, being a great lover of horses, he spent the rest of his life campaigning to reduce the suffering caused by inappropriate harness, in particular tight bearing reins (also criticised in the 1877 novel ""Black Beauty"") and gag bits. He died in London on 26 March 1883, followed by his widow on 2 March 1884. Works he authored were: In 1827 he married Celina, eldest daughter of John Greaves (1774-1849), later a banker living at Radford Semele, and his wife Mary Whitehead (1779-1864). She"
"Charlotte Mary Matheson Charlotte Mary Matheson (died 8 April 1937 in Cornwall, England) was an English novelist. She wrote ""The Generation Between"" (1915), ""Children of the Desolate"" (1916), ""Morwenna of the Green Gown"" (1923), ""Nut in the Husk"" (1926), and ""The Feather"" (1927). Charlotte was the daughter of Frank and Charlotte Elizabeth (née Wenmoth) Matheson. Her exact date of birth is unknown; however her gravestone states she died at the age of 48 which puts her date of birth in either 1889 or 1888. This corresponds with her appearance in the 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census where she is"
"with his second wife, Rachel. Dobbs has raised money for his neighbour, who is paralysed as a result of a rugby injury. He walked from his home town in Wylye to his old school Richard Hale. He completed this on the 27 March 2015. Michael Dobbs is a distant relative of the US non-fiction author with the same name. The two are sometimes confused. Francis Urquhart Novels Tom Goodfellowe Novels Winston Churchill Novels Harry Jones Thrillers Non-series novels Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his"
"Mabel Murray Hickson Mabel Murray Hickson, née Mabel Greenhow (2 February 1859, Esher – 12 November 1922 Esher), was an English writer of short stories. She was born into a medical family with roots in Newcastle. Her father was Judge William Thomas Greenhow (1831-1921) & her grandfather was Thomas Michael Greenhow, co-founder of the city's Eye Infirmary and Newcastle University Medical School. He worked at the Newcastle Infirmary, later renamed the Royal Victoria Infirmary, for many years and was instrumental in its expansion in the 1850s. On the death of her mother Marian née Martineau in 1864 (by her own"
"his peers.” In ""Booklist"" Donna Seaman observed, “Shelden presents the evidence gleaned through his assiduous research and performs a delving and convincing analysis of the sexual wellspring of ""Moby-Dick""'s violent energy and tragic majesty. Riveting in its incandescent sense of discovery, intimacy, and velocity, Shelden's bound-to-be-controversial anatomy of a clandestine love transforms our perception of Melville and introduces one of the great unsung figures in literary history.” Sarah Morewood died of tuberculosis at her Pittsfield home (""Broadhall,"" now the Country Club of Pittsfield) on October 16, 1863, still married to John Rowland Morewood, and still on close terms with her"
"""Kaleidoscope"" magazine to suspect Greenfield as the author of the Waverley or ""Scotch"" novels. Some thought that Scott was not capable of being the author but Greenfield was. Greenfield was a full and visible and respected member of the British literary set. He died in the North of England on 28 June 1827. His wife, who had assumed the maiden name of her mother Margaret Rutherford (or Rutherfurd), died on 20 June 1827. His children seemed to have made successful careers or marriages in the law, army and the Church, suggesting the scandal did not affect them much, well concealed"
"October to March 1872. His short novel ""Miss or Mrs?"" was published in the 1872 Christmas number of the ""Graphic"". His novel ""The New Magdalen"" was serialised from October 1872 to July 1873. His younger brother, Charles Allston Collins, died later in 1873. Charles had married Dickens's younger daughter, Kate. In 1873–74, Collins toured the United States and Canada, giving readings of his work. The American writers he met included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Mark Twain, and he began a friendship with the photographer Napoleon Sarony, who took several portraits of him. His novel ""The Law and the Lady"","
"least 13 novels published between 1968 and 1985. The novelist Serena Mackesy is her granddaughter. Margaret Kennedy died at a friend's house at Adderbury, Oxfordshire on 31 July 1967. Margaret Kennedy is best appreciated today for her second novel, ""The Constant Nymph"", which she adapted into a highly successful West End play that opened at the New Theatre, with Noël Coward and Edna Best in September 1926. Coward was replaced by John Gielgud during the run. It was also successfully filmed in 1928 by Adrian Brunel and Alma Reville, directed by Brunel and Basil Dean, and starring Ivor Novello, Mabel"