CRANFORD
by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0805511695
- ISBN 13
- 9780805511697
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Cranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village – their petty snobberies and appetite for gossip, and their loyal support for each other in times of need. The village is dominated by women, from the kindly spinster Miss Matty, living in genteel poverty with her redoubtable sister, to Lady Glenmire, who shocks everyone by marrying the doctor. When men do appear, such as 'modern' Captain Brown or Matty's suitor from the past, they bring disruption and excitement to the everyday life of Cranford. This volume includes the novella Cousin Phillis, which depicts a fleeting love affair in a rural community at a time when old values are being supplanted by the new. Both works are exquisitely observed tragicomedies of human nature, told with great delicacy and affection.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307817
- Title
- CRANFORD
- Author
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805511695
- ISBN 13
- 9780805511697
- Publisher
- Hart Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- 0805511695
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