In a novel by this author, the entire town delights in hearing a story about a cat who swallowed apiece of lace and how the lace was later cleaned after being excreted, and Betsy Barker attempts tosave a cow that had fallen into a lime‐pit by dressing it in flannel.
In a novel by this author, the entire town delights in hearing a story about a cat who swallowed apiece of lace and how the lace was later cleaned after being excreted, and Betsy Barker attempts tosave a cow that had fallen into a lime‐pit by dressing it in flannel. This author wrote a novel in whichthe title character becomes a nurse to typhoid patients and again re‐encounters the MP Donne, whois actually the nefarious seducer (*) Bellingham. Thornton studies classics and decides to treat hisworkers beter in another novel by this writer, in which the Hale family moves to Milton. This author ofRuth and Wives and Daughters created Miss Matty, who must sell tea after losing her money in a bankcollapse in a novel narrated by Mary Smith. For 10 points, name this author of North and South andCranford.
In a novel by this author, the entire town delights in hearing a story about a cat who swallowed apiece of lace and how the lace was later cleaned after being excreted, and Betsy Barker attempts tosave a cow that had fallen into a lime‐pit by dressing it in flannel.
Elizabeth Gaskell