![]() ![]() Gaskell drew from her own childhood in Knutsford to imbue her settings and characters with a nostalgic quality in a time when the societies and styles portrayed were already going out of fashion. The short vignettes follow the activities of the society in the fictional small English country town of Cranford. ![]() The structureless nature of the stories, and the fact that Gaskell was busy writing her novel Ruth at the time the Cranford shorts were being published, suggests that she didnât initially plan for Cranford to be a cohesive novel. Standard Ebooksħ1,683 words (4 hours 21 minutes) with a reading ease of 63.43 (average difficulty)Ĭranford was first serialized in Charles Dickensâ magazine Household Words between 18. Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. ![]()
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