

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Online Talk: I Blame the Mother
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Bad behaviour. Low morals. Social decay. Mothers can be blamed for everything. But what about mothers in classic literature? Do we still blame the mother there?

This new talk to mark Mother’s Day in the UK, compares Elizabeth Gaskell’s own experience of motherhood with that of her classic novels. Starting with the unintentionally funny Victorian child-rearing advice, popular speaker Elizabeth Williams investigates Elizabeth Gaskell’s own concerns of motherhood. How did raising her own four daughters affect her depiction of motherhood in literature?


There are terrible mothers like Mrs Kirkpatrick with her complex daughter Cynthia in Wives and Daughters. Or the docile and submissive Mrs Bradshaw next to her stern husband in Ruth and the indulgent Mrs Browne in The Moorland Cottage. And what of Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte?

What impact do bad and good mothers have on their children? How does motherhood affect a child? Are those doing the real mothering, always mothers themselves?

Join like-minded literary fans as we ask, why blame the mother?

‘Outstanding talk with such interesting comments on Victorian society and literature. The references to Gaskell’s &amp; other books really bring the topic alive.’ Audience member

Wednesday 18 March, 7-8pm

£6 per ticket

Book here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/elizabeth-gaskell-house/online-talk-i-blame-the-mother/2026-03-18/19:00/t-mjnomgj
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/manchester/online-talk-i-blame-the-mother/200029397859713
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/elizabeth-gaskell-house/online-talk-i-blame-the-mother/2026-03-18/19:00/t-mjnomgj?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=manchester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Manchester
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester
- **lat**: 53.46351
- **long**: -2.2212
- **full address**: Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Elizabeth Gaskell's House (https://allevents.in/org/elizabeth-gaskells-house/26074131)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Elizabeth Gaskell's House
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Online Talk: I Blame the Mother ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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