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A review by willowy
Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell
5.0
I found this story in [b:Cranford & Selected Short Stories|830122|Cranford & Selected Short Stories|Elizabeth Gaskell|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348206212s/830122.jpg|10288885] by Elizabeth Gaskell that belongs to my sister. I read the blurb on the back of the book which said "Cousin Phillis, her masterly tale of love and loss, is a subtle, complex and perceptive analysis of changes in English national life during an industrial age..." and thought I would give it a chance. I have heard many times before, what a boring writer Elizabeth Gaskell was, but from the moment I started "Cousin Phillis" I was not bored once.
"Cousin Phillis" is a story of family, work, religion, and love told by Paul Manning, as he recounts the tale to us. In the first of the story, Paul is a but a young man of seventeen, out on his for the first time in his life. He is an engineer and he is good friends with his boss, Edward Holdsworth, a worldly fellow with good looks and charm. While in Heathbridge, Paul is made to go and see about a second cousin of his mother's, Mrs. Holman, whom she has never met before. The kindly family immediately take to young Paul and asks him back. Thus begins the story.
I found all of the characters to be very charming and found the Holman's way of life to be very interesting. The book is a very easy read and I almost read the whole thing in one night, but had to stop for it was getting late. A must read!
"Cousin Phillis" is a story of family, work, religion, and love told by Paul Manning, as he recounts the tale to us. In the first of the story, Paul is a but a young man of seventeen, out on his for the first time in his life. He is an engineer and he is good friends with his boss, Edward Holdsworth, a worldly fellow with good looks and charm. While in Heathbridge, Paul is made to go and see about a second cousin of his mother's, Mrs. Holman, whom she has never met before. The kindly family immediately take to young Paul and asks him back. Thus begins the story.
I found all of the characters to be very charming and found the Holman's way of life to be very interesting. The book is a very easy read and I almost read the whole thing in one night, but had to stop for it was getting late. A must read!