Cranford

Name: Cranford
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (11 reviews)
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9781433270857

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Elizabeth Gaskells comic portrait of early Victorian life in a country town describes with poignant wit the uneventful lives of its ladylike inhabitants, offering an ironic commentary on the separate spheres and diverse experiences of men and women.

About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in London but grew up in the north of England in the village of Knutsford. In 1832, she married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters and one son who died in infancy. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848 and won the attention of Charles Dickens; most of her later work was published in his journals. Among her notable works are the novels North and South and Cranford, as well as her famous biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on October 16, 2022

The fictitious town of“Cranford”is in possession of amazons, dominated by the genteel women group comprising of widows and elderly spinsters. The novel is recited by Mary Smiths (which we eventually get to know as the novel progresses). Written as a collection of inter-woven short stories, Cranford......more

Goodreads review by Sue on January 03, 2015

"the humor is so sly. at times it's difficult to believe that this was written over 150 years ago. I guess that gentle social humor has always been with us." --- this was one of my status updates while reading Cranford, my first experience reading Elizabeth Gaskell. As I finished reading, I felt the......more

Goodreads review by JimZ on July 30, 2022

This was an unexpected and unmitigated pleasure to read. I was chuckling out loud several times when reading...would be caught unawares. This woman had such a sense of humor! But there were parts that were a bit sad too...I do not want to give the wrong impression. This was a great read! 5 enthusias......more