{"product_id":"cranford-by-the-author-of-mary-barton-ruth-etc-paperback-9781108057073","title":"Cranford; By the Author of 'Mary Barton', 'Ruth', etc. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108057073","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCranford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBy the Author of 'Mary Barton', 'Ruth', etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in novel form in 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell's best-known work is a warm caricature of life in a peculiar town.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108057073, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 January 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the delicately impoverished town of Cranford, everyone is keen to know everyone else's business. The community is almost devoid of men, and in their place a solid matriarchy has formed. Manners must be observed, house calls must not exceed a quarter of an hour, and neither money matters nor death may be discussed in public. But the peace is often disturbed. Rumoured burglars, literary disagreements, and the arrival of Captain Brown and his tactless daughters all cause ripples, warmly charted by the conversational narrator, Mary Smith. When the past erupts through the fragile class distinctions and disputed tea sales, the customary perspective of the town shifts in small but perceptible ways forever. First published as a magazine serial from 1851 and then in novel form in 1853, Cranford is the best-known work by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–65). This reissue is of the 1853 second edition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Our society\u003cbr\u003e 2. The captain\u003cbr\u003e 3. A love affair of long ago\u003cbr\u003e 4. A visit to an old bachelor\u003cbr\u003e 5. Old letters\u003cbr\u003e 6. Poor Peter\u003cbr\u003e 7. Visiting\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Your Ladyship'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Signor Brunoni\u003cbr\u003e 10. The panic\u003cbr\u003e 11. Samuel Brown\u003cbr\u003e 12. Engaged to be married\u003cbr\u003e 13. Stopped payment\u003cbr\u003e 14. Friends in need\u003cbr\u003e 15. A happy return\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Peace to Cranford'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266127810840,"sku":"9781108057073","price":29.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108057073i_3614d8e7-3b84-41d8-8689-c5480ff34fdc.jpg?v=1696747320","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cranford-by-the-author-of-mary-barton-ruth-etc-paperback-9781108057073","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}