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The aim of this work is to highlight those questions, as well as the conclusions, which are considered to be the most interesting ones that the author of this work reached when writing her doctoral thesis. Thus, first of all, it will be briefly presented, the figure of Elizabeth Gaskell in relation to the idea of woman established in the Victorian era, trying to see to what extent she adapted and adjusted to the standards established in the society of her time, taking into account nineteenth-century England concept of how women should be and behave, their obligations and responsibilities. Subsequently, a review will be made of her novels, looking at Gaskell's reflection of English society at the time, as well as the criticism that arose around these works during the 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries.
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