by Elizabeth Gaskell · Wordsworth · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853260469
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«Cranford» is the classic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, published by Wordsworth in paperback (408 pages, in English).
The work portrays everyday life in a peaceful English village at the beginning of the 19th century, where a group of unmarried women sets the pace of the community. Elizabeth Gaskell combines humour and tenderness to narrate customs, gossip and small mishaps, showing how that small society tries to preserve its way of life in the face of outside changes.
Complete and unabridged edition within the Wordsworth Classics collection. The action takes place in Cranford, a fictional village in 19th-century England.
For those who enjoy classic fiction and stories of manners set in rural England.
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, including the lives of the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Her only biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was controversial and significant in establishing the Brontë family's lasting fame. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–1853), North and South (1854–1855), and Wives and Daughters (1864–1866), all of which have been adapted for television by the BBC.
