The facts of the following narration were communicated to me by Mr. Burton, the head gardener at Teddesley Park, in Staffordshire. I had previously been told that he had been for a year or two in the service of the Shah of Persia; and this induced me to question him concerning the motives which took him so far from England, and the kind of life which he led at Teheran. I was so much interested in the details he gave me, that I made notes at the time, which have enabled me to draw up the following account
The facts of the following narration were communicated to me by Mr. Burton, the head gardener at Teddesley Park, in Staffordshire. I had previously been told that he had been for a year or two in the service of the Shah of Persia; and this induced me to question him concerning the motives which took him so far from England, and the kind of life which he led at Teheran. I was so much interested in the details he gave me, that I made notes at the time, which have enabled me to draw up the following account
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Elisabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) är en av den engelska litteraturens klassiker, en ovanlig och självständig kvinna. Hon var god vän med Charles Dickens och Charlotte Brontë, och skrev den senares första biografi. Hon debuterade sent i livet, och började skriva för att komma över sorgen efter en älskad son.
Elisabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) är en av den engelska litteraturens klassiker, en ovanlig och självständig kvinna. Hon var god vän med Charles Dickens och Charlotte Brontë, och skrev den senares första biografi. Hon debuterade sent i livet, och började skriva för att komma över sorgen efter en älskad son.
