Joining my favorites authors is Victorian author Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell who was a contemporary of Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte.
Her thoughtful and well told tales are filled with humorous characters of small English village but also speak of the social changes and problems.
Here are some puzzles for you to unscramble, puzzles are the names of characters and novels from Mrs. Gaskell's works.
Put your guesses in a comment below. I'll respond telling how many you got right. Guess as many times as you wish.
Female Characters
1. METALARG HEAR (2 words)
2. ISMOL GLYONB (2 words)
3. TYSS MKYAT JMIENNS (3 words)
4. SYUTT HOPHON (2 words)
5. CHKPAIA KRICYNTIRTK (2 words)
Male Characters
6. HIGASOL NICHGINS (2 words)
7. RMEYL HAOGER (2 words)
8. DI FSONR HARKARNR (3 words)
9. ORHN TTONHJON (2 words)
10. HRRSY GGONARE (2 words)
Novels
11. MU WAYO LDYLDL (3 words)
12. WSAUG ARS IDEVEHTND (3 words)
13. RDNFCRAO (1 word)
14. MONT BARARY (2 words)
15. NDUTH ORT SOANH (3 words)
Answers will be posted next week.
Happy puzzling! :)
1. Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss Matty Jenkyns
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6. Nicholas Higgins
7. Roger Hamley
8. Dr. Frank Harrison (is his name really Frank? I guess I'd forgotten that)
9. John Thornton
10. Harry Gregson
11. My Lady Ludlow
12. Wives and Daughters
13. Cranford
14. Mary Barton
15. North and South
This was a delightful game! I love Elizabeth Gaskell's work. Wives and Daughters is probably my favorite.
Just one thing I should point out--to the best of my memory (and to the best of what I can find on Wikipedia, LOL) Harry Gregson was a character created for the Cranford movie. As far as I can remember, he doesn't appear in any of the three novels that the film was based on.
(I could be wrong, though.)
1. Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2. Molly Gibson
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6. Nicholas Higgins
9. John Thornton
12. Wives and Daughters
13. Cranford
15. North and South
This was fun to guess at!
ReplyDeleteMy geusses are:
1.Margaret Hale
3.Miss Matty Jenkins
4.Sophy Huntton
5.Cynthia Kirkpatrick
9.John Thronton
12.Wives and Daughters
13.Cranford
15.North and south
Miss Dashwood,
ReplyDeleteFantastic job! You unscrambled all fifteen puzzles! Yes on #8, it is his real first name. :)
And I looked up #10, he's a character in #11, very interesting!
Jemimah,
ReplyDeleteGood job on your eight guesses, they were all correct! Thanks for playing!
Ella,
ReplyDeleteGood job! All eight of your guesses are correct! So glad you had fun! :)
Oh! Okay, so he is in #11. My apologies! I was thinking of #13, and I was quite positive he didn't appear in that... so sorry for the mistake!
ReplyDelete1. Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss Matty Jenkyns
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6. Nicholas Higgins
7.
8. Dr. Frank Harrison
9. John Thornton
10. Harry Gregson
11. My Lady Ludlow
12. Wives and Daughters
13. Cranford
14.
15. North and South
Miss Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteAll thirteen of your guesses were correct! Good job, thanks for playing!
1)Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2)Molly Gibson
3)Tess ? ?
4)Sophy ??
5)Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6)Nichols Higgins
7)Roger Hamley
8)?
9)John Thornton
10)Harry ??
11)??
12)Wives and Daughters
13)Cranford
14)?????
15)North and South
I've only seen #12 and 15, Heard of #13...so be amused at my attempts to unscramble the rest :)
Okay, here I go.
ReplyDelete1. Margaret Hale
2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss Matty Jenkyns
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6. Nicholas Higgins
7. Roger Hamley
9. John Thornton
10. Harry Gregson
12. Wives and Daughters
13. Cranford
14. Mary Barton
15. North and South
And...I'll come back for 8 and 11. =)
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteAll nine of your complete guesses were correct! Your half guesses on #4 and #10 were also correct. Your guess on #3 was incorrect. Good job, especially for not knowing very many of them! :)
Melody,
ReplyDeleteAll thirteen of your guesses were correct! Await your guesses for #8 and #11 which are a bit tricky. You might not get #11 but then again you might. :)
As soon as you said I might not get 11, I had to check back and see what it was. I think I got it. Is it 'My Lady Ludlow"? And I'll have to do 8 later. :P
ReplyDeleteMelody,
ReplyDeleteWow! You got #11! Was that my fault? ;)
Oh no, I'll simply HAVE to watch some more of her works and rewatch what I have seen just so that I can participate. So sad, so very sad. I'll have to brew a pot of tea and start immediately!
ReplyDelete8: Is it 'Dr Frank Harrison'?
ReplyDeleteHaha, well, I may not be much of a Gaskell reader as of yet, but I have done a little research. =) However I suppose your saying I might not get 11 was a good prompting.
Um #15 is North and South? #9 is John Thorton?
ReplyDeleteMelody,
ReplyDeleteYour guess on #8 was correct so you've unscrambled all fifteen puzzles! Good job! :)
Naomi,
ReplyDeleteGood job on your two guesses, both are correct! Feel free to guess again on the other puzzles. Thanks for playing!
1) Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2) Molly Gibson
3) Miss Matty Jenkyns
4) Sophy Hutton
5) Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6) Nicholas Higgins
7) Roger Hamley
8) Dr. Frank Harrison
9) John Thornton
10) Harry Gregson
11) My Lady Ludlow
12) Wives and Daughters
13) Cranford
14) Mary Barton
15) North and South
Female characters
ReplyDelete1.Margaret Hale
2.Molly Gibson
3.
4.
5.Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Male Characters
6.Nicholas Higgins
7.Roger Hamley
8.
9.John Thorton
10.
Novels
11.? (The only other one I am familiar with is Ruth).
12.Wives and Daughters
13.Cranford
14.Mary Barton
15.North and South
I own and have read (only once each) North and South and Wives and Daughters; I also own Cranford which I have skipped through but which did not excite enough interest for me to read.
Do you think you could do a Bronte sisters quiz sometime soon?
Christine,
ReplyDeleteGood job with your guesses! You guessed all fifteen correctly!
Livia,
ReplyDeleteYour ten guesses were all correct! Good work for not knowing that much about Elizabeth Gaskell.
I've been thinking about making a Bronte sisters quiz so I'll definitely make one now. It probably won't be posted for a week or so. Thanks for playing! :)
1. Margaret Hale
ReplyDelete2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss Matty Jenkins
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
6. Nicholas Higgins
7. Roger Hamley
8. Sir
9. John Thornton
10. Harry Gregson
11. My Lady Ludlow
12. Wives & Daughters
13. Cranford
14. Mary Barton
15. North & South
#8 was the only one I was not certain of. I thought the first word might be Sir, but other than that I have no idea.
Elizabeth Gaskell is one of my favorite authoresses. Her works remind somewhat of Jane Austen.
Sarah Grace
Sarah Grace of In His Wings,
ReplyDeleteGood job! All fourteen of your guesses were correct!
I don't know if you noticed but I put definite breaks in the puzzles to denote how many letters are in each word. In Puzzle #8 there are 2 letters in the first word, 5 letters in the second word and 8 letters in the third word. Maybe this clue will help. :)
Ok um...... #13 Cranford #14 Mary Barton #12 Wives and Daughters .....#6 Nicholas Higgins??
ReplyDeleteNaomi,
ReplyDeleteVery good job on your last four guesses! So your total is eight correct!
FEMALE
ReplyDelete1. Margaret Hale
2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss. Matty Jenkins
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
MALE
1. Nicolas Higgins
2. Roger Hamley
3. Dr. Frank Harrison
4. John Thornton
5.?
NOVELS
1. My Lady Ludlow
2. Wives and Daughters
3. Cranford
4. Mary Barton
5. North and South
birdienl,
ReplyDeleteAll fourteen of your guesses are correct. Good job! Thanks for playing!
Females:
ReplyDelete1. Margaret Hale
2. Molly Gibson
3. Miss Matty Jenkyns
4. Sophy Hutton
5. Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Males:
6. Nicholas Higgins
7. Roger Hamley
8. Dr. Frank Harrison
9. John Thornton
10. Harry Gregson
Novels:
11. My Lady Ludlow
12. Wives and Daughters
13. Cranford
14. Mary Barton
15. North and South
Gracie,
ReplyDeleteAll of your guesses are correct. Good job! Thanks for playing! :)