| Cranford Contributor(s): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517578671 ISBN-13: 9781517578671 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Lexile Measure: 1220 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.49 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A portrait of the residents of an English country town in the mid nineteenth century, Cranford relates the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances. Through a series of vignettes, Elizabeth Gaskell portrays a community governed by old-fashioned habits and dominated by friendships between women. Her wry account of rural life is undercut, however, by tragedy in its depiction of such troubling events as Matty's bankruptcy, the violent death of Captain Brown or the unwitting cruelty of Peter Jenkyns. Written with acute observation, Cranford is by turns affectionate, moving and darkly satirical. |