With an Introduction & Notes by Professor Emeritus John Chapple University of Hull The sheer variety & accomplishment of Elizabeth Gaskell's shorter fiction is amazing This new volume contains six of her finest stories that have been selected specifically to demonstrate this & to trace the development of her art As diverse in setting as in subject matter these tales move from the gentle comedy of life in a small English country town in Dr Harrison's Confessions to atmospheric horror in far north-west Wales with The Doom of the Griffiths The story of Cousin Phillis her masterly tale of love & loss is a subtle complex & perceptive analysis of changes in English national life during an industrial age while the gripping Lois the Witch recreates the terrors of the Salem witchcraft trials in seventeenth-century New England as Gaskell shrewdly shows the numerous roots of this furious outbreak of delusion Whimsically modified fairy tales are set in a French chateau while an engaging love story poetically evokes peasant life in wine-growing Germany ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play This BBC dramatisation of three of Elizabeth Gaskell&s novels captures the small absurdities & tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford a small rural Cheshire town inhabited largely by women This is a community that runs on cooperation & gossip at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector Miss Deborah Jenkyns & her sister Miss Matty But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster imagined burglaries tragic accidents & the reapparance of long-lost relatives Actors Judi Dench Michael Gambon Imelda Staunton Simon Woods Julia Sawalha Joseph Mc Fadden Francesca Annis Jim Carter Greg Wise Martin Shaw & Eileen Atkins Director Simon Curtis Certificate 12 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen Languages English Duration 5 hours (approx) This BBC dramatisation of three of Elizabeth Gaskell&s novels captures the small absurdities & tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford a small rural Cheshire town inhabited largely by women This is a community that runs on cooperation & gossip at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector Miss Deborah Jenkyns & her sister Miss Matty But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster imagined burglaries tragic accidents & the reapparance of long-lost relatives Actors Judi Dench Michael Gambon Imelda Staunton Simon Woods Julia Sawalha Joseph Mc Fadden Francesca Annis Jim Carter Greg Wise Martin Shaw & Eileen Atkins Director Simon Curtis Certificate 12 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen Languages English Duration 5 hours (approx) ...

&A man is so in the way in the house!&A vivid & affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England Elizabeth Gaskell&s Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent & refined women Undaunted by poverty but dismayed by changes brought by the railway & by new commercial practices the ladies of Cranford respond to disruption with both suspicion & courage Miss Matty & her sister Deborah uphold standards & survive personal tragedy & everyday dramas; innovation may bring loss but it also brings growth & welcome freedoms Cranford suggests that representatives of different & apparently hostile social worlds their minds opened by sympathy & suffering can learn from each other Its social comedy develops into a study of generous reconciliation of a kind that will value the past as it actively shapes the future This edition

Includes:: two related short pieces by Gaskell & The Last Generation in England& & & The Cage at Cranford& as well as a selection from the diverse literary & social contexts in which the Cranford tales take their place ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World&s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford&s commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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From the author of North & South & Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell&s Cranford is a standalone publication of Elizabeth Gaskell&s best-known work with a critical introduction by Patricia Ingham in Penguin Classics Cranford depicts the lives & preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village
- their petty snobberies appetite for gossip & loyal support for each other in times of need This is a community that runs on cooperation & gossip at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector Miss Deborah Jenkyns & her sister Miss Matty But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster imagined burglaries tragic accidents & the reapparance of long-lost relatives to Lady Glenmire who shocks everyone by marrying the doctor When men do appear such as &modern& Captain Brown or Matty&s suitor from the past they bring disruption & excitement to the everyday life of Cranford In her introduction Patricia Ingham places the novel in its literary & historical context & discusses the theme of female friendship & Gaskell&s narrative technique This edition also contains an account of Gaskell&s childhood in Knutsford on which Cranford is based appendices on fashion & domestic duties supplemented by illustrations a chronology of Gaskell&s life & works suggestions for further reading & explanatory notes Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford In 1832 she married the Reverend William Gaskell & had four daughters & one son who died in infancy Her first novel Mary Barton was published in 1848 winning the attention of Charles Dickens & most of her later work was published in his journals She was also a lifelong friend of Charlotte Brontë whose biography she wrote If you enjoyed Cranford you may like Jane Austen&s Mansfield Park also available in Penguin Classics
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Cranford 1842 Cranford is a market town in the North West of England where it seems that life has always been conducted according to the social rules of an intricate network of ladies For spinsters Deborah Jenkyns the arbiter of correctness & Matty her demurring sister the town is a hub of intrigue where everyone talks & is talked about New arrivals social events & scandalous secrets are all discussed & judged But nothing reverberates like the news that could change the town forever a railway line from Manchester is coming to Cranford Return to Cranford 1844 This two-part feature re-unites the Amazons of Cranford Miss Pole Mrs Forrester Miss Tomkinson & Mrs Jamieson (with her sister-in-law Lady Glenmire) Miss Matty brother Peter is back from India & Martha baby Tilly marks a new addition to the household; Lady Ludlow awaits the return of her son & wealthy widower Mr Buxton is back in town with his ward Erminia & his handsome son William Despite the best efforts of Captain Brown the railway has stopped five miles outside town but life never stands still for long & Cranford is about to change in some unexpected ways ...

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