"Although the ladies of Cranford know all each other's proceedings, they are exceedingly indifferent to each other's opinions ... but, somehow, good-will reigns among them to a considerable degree." That passage from the first chapter of Cranford is actually a pretty good summation of what we lear...
'Cranford' is more a series of recollections and trains-of-thoughts than a properly structured novel, and yet I couldn't ask for a more satisfying story. Mary Smith's visits to the village of Cranford, which "[i]n the first place, is in possession of the Amazons...", are full of affection and rife w...
Very episodic, loose, I can well imagine it indeed was a great TV series material, but not as pleasant (to me) to read. Interesting profiling of genteel poerty among women.
One of my favourite books :) The book falls in the category of things that bring back faith in humankind. The protagonist of the book is Mary Smith and her friend Miss Matty Jenkyns. Mary Smith basically tells what happens during numerous visits to Cranford over the span of quite a lot of years. T...
A charming, comfortable series of stories that unfold in the quiet town of Cranford, mostly in the homes of spinsters who practice great economies to maintain genteel appearances. The narrator pokes very gentle fun at her Cranford friends and their airs and social rules, but it becomes clear that th...
Audiobook. Wonderful story about a village and mostly the older women that live there and all their foibles. I love the narrator [author:Nadia May|226848], she did such a fantastic job with the narration. This is only $.99 on Audible by the way, well worth it!
Truly, I don’t know how I managed to have missed this author and this work over the years, in light of the many classics through which I’ve paged. Even so, I found the story to be a delightful journey into days of old. Cranford tells of a group of women in the town of Cranford, who manage to hold co...
“I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.”Brilliantly funny. Gaskell's little town of Cranford is both absurd and heartwarming, witty and charming. Gaskell was such a skilled observer, and even now when a hundred years have passed, I can still recognize the ...
I was on the lookout for new (to me) classics, and a friend recommended I gave Elizabeth Gaskell a try. This was her favourite, so I figured it was as good a place as any to start.It's a very pleasant comfort book. There's not a whole lot of a plot, but just a general description of life in the vill...
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