Collected Editions of Mrs. Gaskell’s Works
First Collected Edition, 1872-3. 7 vols. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Novels and Tales, 1878-82. 7 vols. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Novels and Tales, new edition, 1891-2.
| i. | Wives and Daughters. |
| ii. | North and South. |
| iii. | Sylvia’s Lovers. |
| iv. | Cranford and Other Tales. |
| v. | Mary Barton and Other Tales. |
| vi. | Ruth and Other Tales. |
| vii. | Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales. |
Novels and Tales, 1892-4. 8 vols. Pocket Edition. Smith, Elder & Co.
| i. | Wives and Daughters. |
| ii. | North and South. |
| iii. | Sylvia’s Lovers. |
| iv. | Cranford and Other Tales. |
| v. | Mary Barton and Other Tales. |
| vi. | Ruth and Other Tales. |
| vii. | A Dark Night’s Work and Other Tales. |
| viii. | My Lady Ludlow and Other Tales. |
Works, 1906. 8 vols. Knutsford Edition edited by Dr. A. W. Ward, with an introduction to each volume.
| i. | Mary Barton and Other Tales. |
| ii. | Cranford and Other Tales. |
| iii. | Ruth and Other Tales. |
| iv. | North and South. |
| v. | My Lady Ludlow and Other Tales. |
| vi. | Sylvia’s Lovers, etc. |
| vii. | Cousin Phillis and Other Tales. |
| viii. | Wives and Daughters. |
Works, 1906-10. The World’s Classics. London: H. Frowde; edited by Clement K. Shorter, with an introduction to each volume.
| i. | Mary Barton. |
| ii. | Ruth. |
| iii. | Cranford and Other Tales. |
| iv. | North and South. |
| v. | Sylvia’s Lovers. |
| vi. | Wives and Daughters. |
| vii. | Cousin Phillis and Other Tales. |
Works, 1906. Everyman’s Library. London: J. M. Dent & Co.; edited by Ernest Rhys.
| i. | Cranford, with forewords. |
| ii. | Life of Charlotte Brontë, with an introduction by May Sinclair. |
| iii. | Sylvia’s Lovers, with an introduction by Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick. |
Works, 1909. The Queen’s Treasures Series. London: G. Bell & Sons.
| i. | Cousin Phillis, with preface by Thomas Seccombe. |
| ii. | Sylvia’s Lovers, with preface by Thomas Seccombe. |
A fuller biography of Mrs. Gaskell’s works may be found in Mrs. Gaskell: Haunts, Homes, and Stories, by Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick (Pitman).