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Cranford

Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
170 pages
ISBN
9781909904644
Published
15 October 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Small-town life
  • community
  • traditions
  • elderly women
  • social changes
  • gossip
  • companionship
  • tea parties
  • church functions
  • financial hardships

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"Cranford" by Elizabeth Gaskell is a novel set in the small, fictional town of Cranford in rural England during the mid-19th century. The story revolves around a group of elderly, middle-class women who live together in close-knit community. Through its humorous and insightful portrayal of small-town life, "Cranford" explores the themes of community, tradition, and resistance to change. The novel also touches on issues such as class, gender, and aging, and celebrates the power of human connection in the face of adversity.

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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