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. <br />In its portrayal of a small farming community facing the impact of the modern industrialized world, <i>Cousin Phillis</i> mirrors the changes that were occurring in society and is considered one of Elisabeth Gaskell's most mature works,