| Cranford Contributor(s): Gaskell, Elizabeth (Author), Ingham, Patricia (Editor), Ingham, Patricia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141442549 ISBN-13: 9780141442549 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: The most well-known and well-liked of Gaskell's works, this softly humorous picture of an English country village was first serialized in a magazine edited by Charles Dickens in 1851. Based on the village of Gaskell's childhood, "Cranford" is narrated by a young woman visiting the town who describes the genteel poverty of two middle-aged spinster sisters, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah. Gaskell tells of their little adventures in a confidential and almost chatty tone, perfectly conveying their habits and standards of propriety, decency, and kindness in reduced circumstances. The colorful characters and subtle class distinctions of the village of Cranford are captured in this compassionate and hopeful portrayal of small-town English life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1220 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.36" W x 7.8" (0.92 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of long-lost relatives. |