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Thursday Talk: The friendship between Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë

13 Nov 2025

19:30

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

That a friendship should develop between two of the greatest authors of the Victorian age is interesting in itself; but that this relationship flourished between two women who could hardly have been more different in personality and circumstances is truly worthy of investigation.

November’s Thursday Talk uncovers the friendship between Charlotte and Elizabeth, and explores Gaskell’s resulting biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, which, from the moment of publication, caused controversy…

This Thursday Talk will be delivered by Libby Tempest, Vice-Chair of the Elizabeth Gaskell Society and a dedicated advocate for literary access across communities.

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General £6

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Venue Details

The Brontë Parsonage Museum

Church Street
BD22 8DR

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