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 Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
 Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell ... Gaskell's novels. It is a comic portrait of an early Victorian country village and its genteel inhabitants, mostly women, whose social attitudes remain firmly unchanging against the modernising world, and whose domestic details dominate conversation. Gaskell describes the uneventful lives of Cranford's inhabitants in this witty and poignant classic which deserves to be read and re-read.Newest Review: ... at seeing how the book compared with the programme, as usually there are massive differences, and I normally find that the ... more ... books are better.
The style of writing in Cranford is very much similar to that of Great Expectations and other novels of the period. Not language that I find easy to read and i had to ensure that the book got my whole concentration when reading it. The quirky and funny anecdotes that appeared in the T.V series were very much described heavily and it was difficult at times to understand just what these eccentric women were doing. But what they were doing always seemed to be very charming and 'proper', as they get the o...more |
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Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell: Cranford proves a Classic (603 words)
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Cranford is a classic novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in 1851, first appearing as a serial in the magazine, Household Words, which was edited by the literature King, Charles Dickens. Cranford follows the gentle women of the Victorian Town as they go about their quiet lives expecting nothing untoward to happen; whilst adhering to their own sets of eccentric rules, e.g how they eat their oranges, do they suck the juice out or cut into segments? Cranford is recognised as the best known novel by Gaskell and is a witty classic that should sit along Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice on book shelves. I began to read Cranford after the much ... Read the complete review
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