''Cousin Phillis'' (1863–1864) is a novel by
Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in four parts in ''
The Cornhill Magazine
''The Cornhill Magazine'' (1860–1975) was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the street address of the founding publisher Smith, Elder & Co. at 65 Cornhill in London.Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor, ''Dictiona ...
'', though a fifth and sixth part were planned.
The story is about 19-year-old Paul Manning, who moves to the country and befriends his mother's family and his (second) cousin Phillis Holman, who is confused by her own placement at the edge of adolescence.
Most critics agree that ''Cousin Phillis'' is Gaskell's crowning achievement in the short novel.
The story is uncomplicated;
its virtues are in the manner of its development and telling. ''Cousin Phillis'' is also recognized as a fitting prelude for Gaskell's final and most widely acclaimed novel, ''
Wives and Daughters
''Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story'' is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the ''Cornhill Magazine'' as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess M ...
'', which ran in ''
Cornhill Magazine
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'' from August 1864 to January 1866.
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* Paul Manning (the narrator, Phillis's cousin)
* Mr Manning (Paul's father and inventor)
* Mr Edward Holdsworth (railway engineer)
* Mr Holman (independent church minister and farmer)
* Mrs Holman
* Miss Phillis Holman
* Mr Ellison (Mr Manning's business partner)
* Miss Lucille Ventadur (at last Mr Holdsworth's wife)
* Betty (the servant at Holman house)
: Paul is seventeen at the beginning of the story, but he turns nineteen before meeting his cousin Phillis.