Description
Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras by Elizabeth Gaskell is the story of a young woman, Libbie Marsh, who gives a canary to a young boy with a disability, and later becomes friend to his mother. The tale follows her through three eras of her life, each linked to a holiday: St. Valentine’s Day, Whitsuntide and Michaelmas.
This short story first appeared under the pseudonym ‘Cotton Mather Mills’ in Howitt’s Journal in 1847, making it one of Elizabeth’s first pieces of published writing. It is an excellent account of life in a working-class community in Manchester at the time.
Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras looks forward to some themes that Elizabeth would return to: female solidarity, the value of the unmarried woman, the individuality of working class characters as well as their sense of community, and the need to find purpose in life. It also shows her familiarity with Lancashire dialect.
This edition has been produced for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, M13 9LW. The front cover illustration is from an edition published in 1855 by Hamilton, and is reproduced courtesy of the University of Liverpool Library [SPEC G42.60].
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