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My Lady Ludlow

Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
7 hours 53 minutes
ISBN
9781911065784
Published
24 July 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • aristocracy
  • tradition
  • rural estate
  • societal change
  • industrialization
  • compassion
  • tenants
  • social class
  • duty
  • transformation

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Enter the serene yet socially complex world of "My Lady Ludlow" by Elizabeth Gaskell. This captivating novella centers around the aristocratic Lady Ludlow, who governs her rural estate with grace and a strong adherence to tradition. As she navigates the challenges of changing societal norms and the impact of industrialization, Lady Ludlow's interactions with her diverse tenants reveal her steadfast beliefs and underlying compassion. Through rich character development and poignant storytelling, Gaskell illuminates themes of social class, duty, and transformation, presenting a moving portrait of a bygone era.

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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