Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford Paperback Book

From the author of North and South and Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskells Cranford is a standalone publication of Elizabeth Gaskells bestknown work, with a critical introduction by Patricia Ingham in Penguin Classics. Cranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village their petty snobberies, appetite for gossip, and loyal support for each other in times of need This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty, But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of longlost relatives. to Lady Glenmire, who shocks everyone by marrying the doctor. When men do appear, such as modern Captain Brown or Mattys suitor from the past, they bring disruption and excitement to the everyday life of Cranford. In her introduction, Patricia Ingham places the novel in its literary and historical context, and discusses the theme of female friendship and Gaskells narrative technique. This edition also contains an account of Gaskells childhood in Knutsford, on which Cranford is based, appendices on fashion and domestic duties supplemented by illustrations, a chronology of Gaskells life and works, suggestions for further reading, and explanatory notes. Elizabeth Gaskell (181065) was born in London, but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford.... | Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford Paperback Book