Cousin Phillis

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First published in serial form in Dickens's "Household Worlds", this novel centres around an early Victorian country town at a crucial moment of transition in English society, besieged by forces it is incapable of understanding or withstanding. In its portrayal of a small farming community facing the impact of the modern industrialized world, Cousin Phillis mirrors the changes that were occurring in society and is considered one of Elisabeth Gaskell's most mature works,