Cousin Phillis and Other Stories

"I see her now - cousin Phillis. The westering sun shone full upon her, and made a slanting stream of light into the room within."
Elizabeth Gaskell has long been one of the most popular of Victorian novelists, yet in her lifetime her shorter fictions were equally well loved, and they are among the most accomplished examples of the genre. The novella-length Cousin Phillis is a lyrical depiction of a vanishing way of life and a girl's disappointment in love ... >Voir plus