Also known for her ghost stories and her biography of Charlotte Bronte, for 10 points, name this Victorian author most famous for her novel set in the industrial village of Manchester, Mary Barton.
Four of her novels were published in Household Words, including My Lady Ludlow. In one of her novels, the daughter of a Nonconformist minister moves to Milton and decides whether to marry John Thornton, while in another, Matty and Deborah's brother Peter returns to the title town, to the delight of Mary Smith. In addition to North and South and Cranford, the plot of her first novel turns on the testimony of Will Wilson, who proves that Henry Carson was not murdered by Jem, but by the Chartist father of the title character. Also known for her ghost stories and her biography of Charlotte Bronte, for 10 points, name this Victorian author most famous for her novel set in the industrial village of Manchester, Mary Barton.
Four of her novels were published in Household Words, including My Lady Ludlow.
Elizabeth {Gaskell}