Elizabeth Gaskell became popular for her writing, especially her ghost stories, aided by Charles Dickens, who published her work in his magazine Household Words.

She was an established novelist when Patrick Brontë invited her to write a biography of his daughter, though she worried, as a writer of fiction, that it would be "a difficult thing" to "be accurate and keep to the facts."

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Cranford
by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 is available as an audio book (some other titles as well) via @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/synapseml_gutenberg_cranford_by_elizabeth_cleghorn_gaskell

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#NorthandSouth one of my favorites, also #WivesandDaughters is underappreciated! #elizabethGaskell

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A similar sentiment from James Hilton, author of _Lost Horizon_ (ironically like _Cranford_, a tale of a small place out of step with developments in the larger world):

> "People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little."

https://www.someweekendreading.blog/quotes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPeople%20make%20mistakes%20in%20life%20through%20believing%20too%20much%2C%20but%20they%20have%20a%20damned%20dull%20time%20if%20they%20believe%20too%20little.%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20James%20Hilton%2C%20Lost%20Horizon%2C%201933.