Elizabeth Gaskell occupies the most honorable place in the bright galaxy of famous novelists of the Victorian era. Her works are recognized as masterpieces of world classics and have been translated into dozens of languages, including the novels "Cranford", "North and South", "Wives and Daughters", etc. The novel "My Lady Ludlow" (1858), written at the height of the author's literary fame, was published in Charles Dickens' Home Reading magazine, as were most of Elizabeth Gaskell's writings. Woven from a multitude of storylines, it is steeped in the charm of "good old England" and imbued with subtle humor. The action takes place at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The era of great change, which marked the industrial revolution, has not yet touched the ancient estate of Lady Ludlow, where several of her young pupils live. Everything here breathes tradition and is subject to the strict rules of aristocratic morality, but this cannot save from the torments of a broken heart, and the bitterness of loss, and the collapse of hopes, although it gives strength to live and do good.The text of the story is published in a new translation!