Good god, Elizabeth Gaskell!

[blamebrampton]

Death, death, death and a bit more death! 

Why yes, I am watching Cranford and remembering why I was so horribly scarred in the days I was reading through the Gaskell oeuvre ... So many magnificent male characters, each cut off just as his life reached the possibility of happiness. And no, leaving Jem and Dr Harrison to have happy endings is not sufficient recompense.

Elizabeth Gaskell. Great-Grandmother of Emos everywhere ...

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[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

dear, cheerful mrs gaskell! you're right, she (and mr hardy, oh my yes, everyone who tells me they've just read "the most depressing book ever!" is handed my somewhat battered copy of 'jude the obscure') has a lot to answer for.
i have ever been fond of poor cousin phyllis...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh I can't even look Jude in the frontspiece anymore, Tess is as miserable as I can face (quite miserable enough, thanks!)

CP was jolly good, though my great love of her works was North and South.

[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

i'm blushing as i admit this, but i've never read N&S.
*hides head in shame*
i'm sure gran has a copy lying around, i shall borrow it as soon as i have finished reading HP again (was accident! started reading 'philosopher's stone' and couldn't stop!)