Cranford Chiltern Classic

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ISBN: 9781914602115
Author : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Published: 2023
Publisher: Chiltern Publishing
Number of pages: 110
Language: English
Format: Hardback

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"This portrait of life in a quiet English country town in the mid-nineteenth century follows the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters living in reduced circumstances"--

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Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell begins with an introductiondiscussing the occupants of the rural English village named Cranford. Cranfordis filled with widows, wives of absent business or military men, and spinsters.

The residents of Cranford are regimented aristocrats who "practice'elegant economy.'" The ladies go calling only during prescribed times,serve one another inexpensive foods, pretend not to notice each other’spoverty, and go to bed early. The narrator is a young woman with familial tiesto Miss Jenkyns and Miss Matty who are two spinsters who have lived in Cranfordtheir entire lives.

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