Cranford
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the quiet, genteel village of Cranford, where the elegant economy of its predominantly female inhabitants reigns supreme, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell crafts a tender and sharply observed portrait of English provincial life in the mid-nineteenth century. Cranford chronicles the rituals, rivalries, and warm-hearted friendships of a community clinging to its refined customs in the face of an encroaching modern world, as seen through the eyes of the good-natured narrator, Mary Smith. At its heart is the indomitable Miss Matty Jenkyns, a woman of quiet dignity and immense humanity, whose gentle trials — from financial hardship to the ghosts of old loves — form the emotional core of this beloved novel. Gaskell's genius lies in her ability to balance gentle comedy with profound pathos, illuminating the constrained yet richly interior lives of women for whom social propriety is both armour and cage. Written with a warmth and ironic wit that anticipates the social comedy of later Victorian masters, Cranford remains a cornerstone of nineteenth-century English literature, celebrated for its authenticity, compassion, and quietly subversive sympathy for its characters' small, dignified struggles. Introduced here by David Abodal for Heron Books, this edition invites a new generation to discover why this seemingly modest tale of a country town continues to resonate with an enduring and universal truth.
Author: Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gaskell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the quiet, genteel village of Cranford, where the elegant economy of its predominantly female inhabitants reigns supreme, Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell crafts a tender and sharply observed portrait of English provincial life in the mid-nineteenth century. Cranford chronicles the rituals, rivalries, and warm-hearted friendships of a community clinging to its refined customs in the face of an encroaching modern world, as seen through the eyes of the good-natured narrator, Mary Smith. At its heart is the indomitable Miss Matty Jenkyns, a woman of quiet dignity and immense humanity, whose gentle trials — from financial hardship to the ghosts of old loves — form the emotional core of this beloved novel. Gaskell's genius lies in her ability to balance gentle comedy with profound pathos, illuminating the constrained yet richly interior lives of women for whom social propriety is both armour and cage. Written with a warmth and ironic wit that anticipates the social comedy of later Victorian masters, Cranford remains a cornerstone of nineteenth-century English literature, celebrated for its authenticity, compassion, and quietly subversive sympathy for its characters' small, dignified struggles. Introduced here by David Abodal for Heron Books, this edition invites a new generation to discover why this seemingly modest tale of a country town continues to resonate with an enduring and universal truth.