Books written by Josie Billington

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    Francis Moore's ... predictions;] From 1699 Francis Moore (1657–1715) published the astrological predictions which later became known as Old Moore's Almanac. Soon after the events ... part of that year.] This opening paragraph is a ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II

    Dr. Moore alluded to his name as to a thought that would cheer and comfort the fragile girl during her night-watch by her father's bedside. But Miss Monro stole out after the doctorb to warn him off the subject for the future, ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    Among others was Squire Hargreaves from Bothwick Hall over the Moors. He was some kind of far-away cousin to the Mortons. So when he came he was asked to go chief mourner in Squire Morton's strange absence, which I should have wondered ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II

    I piteous-like misdoubt 'Summat's me een 26c sore,' 27 wrong when was they speak on him. I can see th' meaning ofe it, thof I'm too proud to let on. And Lawson, too, he holds his tongue more nor he should do, when I ax28 him how my ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    Northup, Clark S., 'Bibliography' in G. De Witt Sanders, Elizabeth Gaskell (New Haven: Yale University Press for Cornell University, 1929), pp. 163–262 Payne, G. A., Knutsford, with Illustrations by Edmund H. New (London: Dent, ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    69–84 Rubenius, Aina, The Woman Question in Mrs. Gaskell's Life and Works, Essays and Studies on English Language and Literature (Upsala: A.-B. Lundequistska Bokhandeln, 1950) Sanders, Gerald De Witt, Elizabeth Gaskell (New Haven: Yale ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II Vol 4
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II Vol 4

    Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- 'Lois the Witch' -- 'The Crooked Branch' -- 'Curious If True' -- 'The Grey Woman' -- 'Six Weeks ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 1
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 1

    Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- The Diary -- 'On Visiting the Grave of my Stillborn Little Girl' -- ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    A rare chap I'll be bound is he who could weave verse like this.' So adjusting his spectacles on nose, cocking his chin, crossing his legs, and ford's coughing107†he had to clear picked his up voice, somewhere. he read aloud a little ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    Atlas, 23 (4 November 1848), pp. ... John Lucas, 'Mrs Gaskell and Brotherhood', in David Howard, John Lucas and John Goode (eds), Tradition and Tolerance in Nineteenth-Century Fiction: Critical Essays on Some English and American Novels ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 2
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 2

    Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- The Moorland Cottage -- The Last Generation in England -- Mr. Harrison's Confessions -- ...

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    "A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    "A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    "A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part II

    "A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations.

  • The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I
    The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I

    Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- 'The Old Nurse's Story' -- 'Morton Hall' -- 'My French Master' -- 'The Squire's ...

  • The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part VI Volume 24: The Ladies Lindores
    The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part VI Volume 24: The Ladies Lindores

    This volume includes her 1883 novel The Ladies Lindores with editorial notes by Josie Billington including a new introduction and headnote, giving key information about the book and its publication history.

  • The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part VI Volume 24: The Ladies Lindores
    The Selected Works of Margaret Oliphant, Part VI Volume 24: The Ladies Lindores

    THE SELECTED WORKS OF MARGARET OLIPHANT GENERAL EDITORS Joanne Shattock and Elisabeth Jay THE SELECTED WORKS OF ... Junior Part V: Major Novels Volume 6 The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs M. O. W. Oliphant (1899) Volume 7 Writings on ...