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Cranford : with 16 illustrations by H. M. Block / Mrs. Gaskell
de Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865
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London : James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Prize label: Penistone Grammar School : Awarded to Bernard L. Davis for Mathematics. Good copy in the original, full aniline calf. Gilt-blocked decorated leather label to spine, with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 313 pages : 20 cm. Notes; Includes frontispiece by H. M. Block. Subjects; Sisters ; Fiction. Villages ; Fiction. Older women ; Fiction. Female friendship ; Fiction. Female friendship. English fiction 19th century. Country life England Fiction. English fiction 1837-1900 texts. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. Illustrated books : graphic design. English literature : individual authors.
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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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- Cranford : with 16 illustrations by H. M. Block / Mrs. Gaskell
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- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865
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- London : James Nisbet & Co. Ltd
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- 1900
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