Gaskell Episodes
Written by Elizabeth Gaskell
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April 11, 2025
679: Ch 1 — Cranford
Oops! I totally forgot to tell you, when I've done this in the past I left the premium episode alone and re-uploaded it to be SNEAK PEEK —free for you: MOBY DICK! Ep. 679: Cranford | Chapter 1 Book talk begins at 16:10. We're diving into a brand-new book, and this one's got all the charm, wit, and genteel gossip you could ask for! The reigning queen of propriety, Miss Deborah Jenkyns, has thoughts about everything—from how to properly serve dinner to why men are mostly unnecessary. But whe...
Oct. 10, 2014
365: Chs 50-52 — North & South (End of Book)
| BOOK TALK | chapters 50-52 vol 2 chs 25-27 Not much to put here... at all. Bye Bye, Margaret! *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit ...
Oct. 3, 2014
364: Chs 47-49 — North & South
*CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit...
Sept. 26, 2014
363: Chs 45-46 — North & South
Book talk begins at 22:30 min. The first N&S episode is 331. Johann Ludwig Uhland author of the poem (in English) "Crossing the Stream" (engl.). Also author of this "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" - (ger. and eng. trans.) "Evangeline" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "Idylls of Hermann and Dorothea" — Göethe/li> "Tears, idle tears" — Tennyson "Simple Susan" in The Parent's Assistant by by Maria Edgeworth Act V, scene 2, line 287 — Hamlet "Honi soit qui mal y pense" — Shame on your for seeing e...
Sept. 19, 2014
362: Chs 43–44 — North & South
| BOOK TALK | chs 43–44 vol 2 chs 18-19 Printing in Signatures: to get a good graphic image of this, look at this page, and to see the anatomy of a hardcover book, look at this—via Michelle Make your own little book PDF Pretty Book making picture — from Maia Mini Book Foldy Thing I mentioned Storigami Museum where listener Emily works Episode 3 of North & South mini series is a-okay (you'll be blown away when you see where it starts off) Pic from Maia I Love Lucy Pregnancy Rules ...
Sept. 12, 2014
361: Ch 42 — North & South
Book talk begins at 16:45min. The first N&S episode is 331. St Francis de Sales patron saint of to-do lists "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" on CraftLit *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ ...
Sept. 5, 2014
360: Ch 41 — North & South
Book talk begins at 18min. The first N&S episode is 331. Browning Paracelsus St Francis de Sale Introduction to the Devout Life *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https...
Aug. 29, 2014
359: Ch 40 — North & South
Book talk begins at 23:18. The first N&S episode is 331. Now you can see Armley Mills (not too shabby, eh?). Sarah sent in the Jane Eyre texting hilarity. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftli...
Aug. 22, 2014
358: Ch 39 — North & South
Book talk begins at 23:18. The first N&S episode is 331. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has a Manchester Mills demonstration. Twice daily a tour guide fires up the machines and explains how they work. Also, Elizabeth Gaskell's house in Manchester is being renovated and will open in October 2014 for tours. — courtesy of Phyllis Armley Mills link—It was, at one point, the largest woolen mill in the world and they still have working spinning machinery which they run from ti...
Aug. 15, 2014
357: Ch 38 — North & South
Book talk begins at 17min. The first N&S episode is 331. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com • Previo...
Aug. 8, 2014
356: Ch 37 — North & South
Book talk begins at 18:05. The first N&S episode is 331. The Disston Saw Works in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia London up, Milton down? The Train answer, Other info? Let us know! *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest...
Aug. 1, 2014
355: Poetic Interlude
North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell. The first N&S episode is 331. If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site | This Week | POETRY Child's Christmas in Wales Walter the Farting Dog CDB 13 Clocks Salman Rushdie Tom Robbins somewhere i have never travelled, Page number and book: p366 Paul Celan Death Fugue /In German below, or read in English. Listen in German: [in Just-] (goat-footed balloon man) "Do not go gentle into that good night" by ...
July 25, 2014
354: Ch 36 — North & South
Book talk begins at 29 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. M'appen = May Happen (perhaps, maybe) welly = nearly (e.g., "Fire's welly out") would fain = with pleasure, gladly aught = various uses (everything, anything, nothing) so Higgins', "There he went, ossing to promise aught, and pledge himsel' to aught—to tell a' he know'd on our proceedings, the food-for-nothing Judas!" means "There he went, trying to promise everything and pledge himself to everything and tell everything h...
July 18, 2014
353: Ch 35 — North & South
Book talk begins at 3:25 & 32:27 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. God's Version of Crowd Control (behave or be smote... smoted?... smitten?...) The Wiki on Aaron's boys, Nadab and Abihu, and what they done did. Expiation *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.fa...
July 11, 2014
352: Chs 32-34 — North & South
Book talk begins at 19:44 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. The Station Agent film Scylla and Charybdis A Dissertation on (no joke) A History of Wrestling in Cornwall *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pin...
July 4, 2014
351: Ch 31 — North & South
Book talk begins at 23:12 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. Marquise de Sévigné au pied de la lettre Link to The Church and State discussion—Philip Hamburger is the guy I heard. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: http...
June 27, 2014
350: Chs 29-30 — North & South
Book talk begins right away. The first N&S episode is 331. Peace Sociey Lucifer Matches *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: ...
June 20, 2014
349: Ch 28 — North & South
Book talk begins at 15:30 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. Traditional Clogs Candle-wax based Shoe Polish Revelation 14:1 Isaiah 28:12 Psalms 127:2 ossed = tried 'varsal = universal dreed = endured brossen = broken Job Chapter 14 "sour grapes/teeth on edge" from Ezekiel 18:2 *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://w...
June 13, 2014
348: Chs 26-27 — North & South
Book talk begins at 15:30 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. Dutch Damask Linen link on Etsy—the patterning you see is made of variations in the way the warp and weft interact. It's pretty amazing. Red Work Henry's Commentaries Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 -- 22 June 1714) was an English Presbyterian minister. Quote re the creation of Eve, in Genesis: "the woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon...
June 6, 2014
347: Ch 25 — North & South
Book talk begins at 19:20 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. Jellies Various Victorian Medicine Sites History of Victorian Pharmacies Pills, Custard, and Plaster Early Victorian Era Make-up Knobhead = "scab" - crosses picket line to work Purring = "kicking" as in a fight "Clem" = "starve" Re: Pebbles—de·no·ta·tion (dēnōˈtāSHən) noun — the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. "beyond their immediate denotation, the wor...
May 30, 2014
346: Chs 23-24 — North and South
Book talk begins at 13:54 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com ...
May 23, 2014
345: Ch 22 — North & South
Book talk begins at 8:20 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: heather@craftlit.com •...
May 19, 2014
344: Chs 20-21 — North & South
Book talk begins at 16:30. The first N&S episode is 331. WATERBEDS! Planet Money Link *CraftLit's Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • Join the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9 • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: he...