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Cranford

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Elizabeth Gaskell’s episodic second novel, sometimes dismissed as nostalgically “charming,” is now considered by many critics to be her most sophisticated work.

The country town of Cranford is home to a group of women, affectionately called “Amazons” by the narrator, whose seemingly uneventful lives are full of conflicts, failures, and unexpected connections.

A rich commentary on Victorian culture by one of its most astute observers, Cranford owes its enduring popularity to the complex pleasures it offers the reader.This Broadview Edition provides an assortment of historical materials to put the novel in context, including Gaskell’s letters from the period of the novel’s writing, excerpts from texts read by the characters, illustrations from the novel and from contemporary periodicals, and other Victorian writings on industrialization, etiquette, and domestic life.

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Broadview Press Ltd
1551115999 / 9781551115993
Paperback / softback
30/08/2010
Canada
300 pages, 4 illustrations
140 x 216 mm, 339 grams
Quiz No: 244291, Points 2.00, Book Level 4.90,
Middle Years Plus - Key Stage 3 Learn More