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Cranford

Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
7 hours 15 minutes
ISBN
9781911065777
Published
23 July 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • quaint village
  • tradition
  • female community
  • Miss Matty
  • vignettes
  • humor
  • empathy
  • friendship
  • resilience
  • nostalgia

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Step into the quaint village of "Cranford" by Elizabeth Gaskell, where tradition and charm rule the day. This delightful novel chronicles the lives of the village's predominantly female inhabitants, led by the endearing and resilient Miss Matty. Through a series of vignettes, Gaskell captures their small triumphs, cherished routines, and subtle resistances to change. With gentle humor and deep empathy, "Cranford" offers a nostalgic and touching portrait of community, friendship, and the enduring strength of women in a rapidly evolving world.

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) widened the Victorian novel's moral imagination. Published by Dickens in Household Words and admired by contemporaries from Ruskin to George Eliot, she wrote fiction that refused to look away from social suffering — child labour, class division, the hidden cost of industrial progress — while never losing warmth or narrative pleasure.

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