Publisher's Synopsis
An interesting account of the author's impressions of France. The last story of a lady murdered by her own family is a very powerful argument against "good old days" when women were nothing more than a property. Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Bronte. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.
