by The BNA
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‘.To commemorate the day, here is a newspaper tribute to Mrs Gaskell that was published on 18 November 1865.We’ve also included three splendid illustrations for the novel, Cranford, which were published in The Graphic newspaper.…