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Cousin Phillis

Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
4 hours 3 minutes
ISBN
9781911065753
Published
21 July 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • pastoral
  • rural life
  • unspoken love
  • personal growth
  • industrialization
  • innocence
  • intellectual
  • 19th-century
  • introspection
  • human emotion

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Immerse yourself in the poignant and pastoral world of "Cousin Phillis" by Elizabeth Gaskell. This novella follows Paul Manning, a young engineer, who forms a deep and introspective bond with his innocent and intellectual cousin, Phillis Holman. Set against the serene backdrop of a rural 19th-century English village, the story explores themes of unspoken love, personal growth, and the impact of industrialization. Gaskell's delicate prose and rich characterization paint a touching portrait of human emotion and the complexities of life.

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) widened the Victorian novel's moral imagination. Published by Dickens in Household Words and admired by contemporaries from Ruskin to George Eliot, she wrote fiction that refused to look away from social suffering — child labour, class division, the hidden cost of industrial progress — while never losing warmth or narrative pleasure.

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