Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell

Sep 2014 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Mary Smith, a frequent visitor to the small town of Knutsford (Cranford), keeps abreast of the goings-on of the various townsfolk through her numerous correspondences with local friends. Through her letters, the relationships of the varied residents are brought to life, illuminating the intricate social fabric of this small English town.

Along with North and South, Cranford is one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s best-known works. It has been adapted three times for television by the BBC, the most recent, in 2007, starring Dame Judi Dench and Dame Eileen Atkins as Miss Matty and Miss Deborah Jenkyns.

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About the author

Elizabeth Gaskell was an English author and poet, and is best-known for her classic novels Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters. Gaskell was a contemporary and an associate of many other early nineteenth-century writers, including Charles Dickens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Charlotte Bronte, and was commissioned by Bronte’s father upon the author’s death to write her biography, The Life of Charlotte Bronte. Gaskell died in 1865 at the age of 55.