Jane Austen meets Sex and the City Oct 19, 2009
Tara McCormack wasn t keen on the TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell s. Elsewhere, Jennie Bristow wondered if really did see the girls grow up. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A-G Oxford and Cambridge Writers an... Mar 23, 2009
For this purpose, many fictional college names have been created even by authors such as Anthony Trollope and Elizabeth Gaskell. The universities and their fictional colleges have also been used for the sake of character or plot elaboration in the writing of television scripts for shows such as Yes, Prime Minister, To The Manor Born, and Rumpole of the Bailey. (Suite101.com)
A-L Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
G - Elizabeth Gaskell. Often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell (1810-1865), she was friends with contemporary writers Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bront. (Suite101.com)
• Filer library has new materials Feb 17, 2009
"Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich, "8 Sandpiper Way" by Debbie Macomber, "A Daughter's Inheritance" by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller, "Second Glance" by Jodi Picoult, "The Perfect Fit" by Louise Kean, "Mrs. Kimble" by Jennifer Haigh, "The Shack" by William P. Young, "Fade Away" by Harlan Coben, "Sail" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, "Smoke Screen" by Sandra Brown, "Promise, Texas" by Debbie Macomber, "A Sister's Secret", "A Sister's Test", "A Sister's Hope" by Wanda Brunstetter,... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
TV highlights, Sunday 8th Feb 8, 2009
Dramatised from the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell - a contemporary of Charles Dickens - this is peopled by a distinguished cast of thousands (among them Imelda Staunton, Julia Sawalha and Francesca Annis). Keeping up with the characters can be hard work at first, but persevere and this turns out to be a more ambitious project, and with larger themes, than all that fine haberdashery and ever-so-slight gossiping would suggest. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
