Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 
My Lady Ludlow 

My Lady Ludlow Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell – My Lady Ludlow is a long novella (over 77, 000 words). It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end.It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Lady Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss Galindo, and their caring for other single women and girls. It is also concerned with Lady Ludlow’s man of business, Mr Horner, and a poacher’s son named Harry Gregson whose education he provides for. With Cranford, The Last Generation in England and Mr. Harrison’s Confessions, it was adapted for TV in 2007 as Cranford.

About the author

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. 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.