Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell and mesmerism: an unpublished letter.

The work of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) is not often seen as a source for the student of medical history. However, the picture of her as a undemanding writer dealing primarily with domestic life found in Lord David Cecil's Early Victorian novelists' has now largely been replaced by an approach that recognizes her engagement with the wider social issues of mid-nineteenth century England. Criti...

Eric Gaskell

Elizabeth Nicholls

Elizabeth Boyd

Elizabeth Hartmann

" It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy – it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. "-Sense & Sensibility, by Jane Austen. Sex has always been a topic of interest for the popular media where stories of promiscuous young adults and celebrity pregnancies stimulate...