"Quaint" and "charming" are words that I expect are bandied about often in reference to Cranford, and while it is both these things, I reckon you'd find more if you cared to dig a little deeper. This book speaks of the basic goodness of the human spirit -- lofty terms, yes, but it is true. Reading t...
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell is one of those novels that really has no plot. There is no mystery. There is no real tension that keeps a reader engaged and absorbed. Rather, it is a series of vignettes about life in this little English village, focusing on a small group of friends and their “adventu...
What a gorgeous book. After years of avoiding Victorian literature, in the past twelve months I've fallen in love with Gaskell's writing. This is a short work: more a series of episodes than a linear narrative. It centres on the lives of a group of women who dominate society in the small town of Cra...
Having read North and South and Mary Barton, I kind of expected the book to be in some sort of similar lines though less in volume & depth. Totally the wrong impression.Cranford is a little English town where majority of residents are women. We, as the readers, are given a peek into Cranford from ...
Not so much a re-read as a 'watch':Cast: * Francesca Annis — Lady Ludlow* Eileen Atkins — Miss Deborah Jenkyns, Miss Matty's elder sister* Claudie Blakley — Martha* John Bowe — Dr Morgan* Andrew Buchan — Jem Hearne* Rosy Byrne - Lizzie Hutton* Jim Carter — Captain Brown* Judi Dench — Miss Matilda 'M...
Some other thoughts/reviews:Roof Beam Reader: http://roofbeamreader.net/2012/06/18/review-cranford-by-elizabeth-gaskell/http://roofbeamreader.net/2012/06/18/review-cranford-by-elizabeth-gaskell/That's What She Read: http://www.thatswhatsheread.net/2012/07/review-cranford-by-elizabeth-gaskell.html?ut...
Cranford the book isn’t the same as Cranford the BBC series—after all, the BBC series was based on three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell, not just this one—but for me the book fills in details and answers questions I wished the TV show had time to go into. Among the particulars that reading Cranford ...
Is it possible to discuss Cranford without using the word "charming?" It'd be like playing literary Taboo. Like trying to talk about The Road without saying "bleak," or Catcher in the Rye without "insufferable twat."Cranford is a charming book. If it seems a bit more episodic than plot-driven, it'...
Ever since seeing Cranford on Masterpiece (made by the BBC), I've been meaning to get to this work. The makers of the television series took a lot of liberties with the book, but I think that the book and the TV series feel the same, and they are both equally good.I loved it - thought it was adorab...
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