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Cranford

by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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About This Item

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1932. 8vo. xvi, 256 pp. Pale blue cloth binding with red stamped decoration to the front and gilding to the spine. Boards and binding both in excellent condition. Uncommon, in that it comes with original illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is marked and slightly torn, but protected by an additional plastic covering. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. 16 plates inside. Internally clean and bright, with very minor foxing limited to first printed page. . Near Fine. Cloth. 1932.

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
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
67211
Title
Cranford
Author
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
Illustrator
Brock, C. E.
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1932
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1932
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Victorian,Mrs Gaskell
Bookseller catalogs
Literature; Illustrated;

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Cloth
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