Cranford (Complete Classics)

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Author

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Contributions

clare Wille (Narrator) - Contributor

Publication

2008-01-08 - Naxos AudioBooks

Language

English

Word Count

1,500 words, Guess

Page Count

6 pages

Physical Format

Audio CD

Identifiers

ISBN-10962634850X
ISBN-139789626348505
LibraryThing55065
Open LibraryOL13077638M

Description

Cranford was first serialized in <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens">Charles Dickens’</a> magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The structureless nature of the stories, and the fact that <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/elizabeth-gaskell">Gaskell</a> was busy writing her novel Ruth at the time the Cranford shorts were being published, suggests that she didn’t initially plan for Cranford to be a cohesive novel. The short vignettes follow the activities of the society in the fictional small English country town of Cranford. Gaskell drew from her own childhood in Knutsford to imbue her settings and characters with a nostalgic quality in a time when the societies and styles portrayed were already going out of fashion. Though not especially popular at the time of publication, Cranford has since gained an immense following, including at least three television adaptations.