Cranford: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Cranford is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Cranford" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is an episodic novel published in 1853. Set in a small English country town, the work affectionately portrays a society of elderly women navigating genteel poverty and rigid social codes in a world slowly changing around them. Through the eyes of visitor Mary Smith, readers encounter the "Amazons" of Cranford—widows and spinsters maintaining appearances through "elegant economy" while resisting the industrial age creeping beyond their boundaries. This gentle chronicle explores class, tradition, and the gradual shift from rank-based society toward human kindness.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Cranford
- Author credits: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- England -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Older women -- Fiction
- Pastoral fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Villages -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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