Books like Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
At seventeen, the protagonist settles into a modest three‑cornered room above a pastry‑cook’s shop in Eltham, gaining his first taste of independence. His father, a mechanic with inventive talent in railway machinery, encourages and supports him as he begins a clerkship on a new branch line to Hornby. The narrative highlights the growing autonomy of youth, the value of parental guidance, and the industrious spirit of early Victorian England.
First publish date: 1865
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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