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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