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Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
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Description for Cranford
Paperback. Cranford is a vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, dominated by its independent and refined women, a blend of social comedy and astute observation. This edition includes two related short works by Gaskell and contemporary comment on the novel, household management, fashion, and financial scandals. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
'A man ... is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. Undaunted by poverty, but dismayed by changes brought by the railway and by new commercial practices, the ladies of Cranford respond to disruption with both suspicion and courage. Miss Matty and her sister Deborah uphold standards and survive personal tragedy and everyday dramas; innovation may bring loss, but it also brings growth, and welcome freedoms. Cranford suggests that representatives of different and ... Read more
'A man ... is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. Undaunted by poverty, but dismayed by changes brought by the railway and by new commercial practices, the ladies of Cranford respond to disruption with both suspicion and courage. Miss Matty and her sister Deborah uphold standards and survive personal tragedy and everyday dramas; innovation may bring loss, but it also brings growth, and welcome freedoms. Cranford suggests that representatives of different and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199558308
SKU
V9780199558308
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Elizabeth Gaskell
Dinah Birch has written widely on Ruskin, and edited his Selected Writings for Oxford World's Classics. She writes regularly for the TLS and the London Review of Books, and is the General Editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature.
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