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Cousin Phillis and Other Stories by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell; Heather Glen (Editor)
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Elizabeth Gaskell has long been one of the most popular of Victorian novelists, yet in her lifetime her shorter fictions were equally well loved, and they are among the most accomplished examples of the genre. The heart of this collection is Gaskell's novella Cousin Phillis, a lyrical masterpiece that d ...Show more
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Classics
Each volume in the Collector's Library series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword is by leading UK playwright, novelist and Sherlockian, David Stuart Davies.
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Category: Classic | Series: Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '"I'll not listen to reason," she said, now in full possession of her voice, which had been rather choked with sobbing. "Reason always means what someone else has got to say."' First published in serial format in a maga ...Show more
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Fiction | Series: Pocket Penguin Classics
The formidable Miss Deborah Jenkyns and the kindly Miss Matty live in a village where women rule and men usually tend to get in the way. Their days revolve around card games, tea, thriftiness, friendship and an endless appetite for scandal (from the alarming sight of a cow in flannel pyjamas to the shoc ...Show more
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring ...Show more
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'A man ...is so in the way in the house!' A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. Undaunted by poverty, but dismayed by changes brought by the railway and by new ...Show more
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
In this classic portrait of life in a quiet English village of the early nineteenth century, Elizabeth Gaskell writes with wit and affection of the foibles, follies and endearing eccentricities of its occupants as they struggle to maintain standards in their genteel poverty. This witty and poignant come ...Show more
Cranford (Clothbound Classic) by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Classic | Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Cranford By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Cranford is a witty portrait of small town life in early-Victorian England. The story unfolds through the eyes of Mary Smith, a young woman who observes the comedic struggles of two middle aged sisters in their efforts to maintain a level of refined dignity amid po ...Show more
Cranford (Macmillan Collector's Library) by Elizabeth Gaskell; Josie Billington (Introduction by); Hugh Thomson (Illustrator)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (29 September 1810 - 12 November 1865), was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of l ...Show more
Cranford (Penguin English Library) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Category: Classic Fiction
'Just at this moment he passed us on the stairs, making such a graceful bow, in reply to which I dropped a curtsey - all foreigners have such polite manners, one catches something of it'. "Cranford" is an affectionate and often moving portrait of genteel poverty and intertwined lives in a nineteenth-cen ...Show more
Cranford and Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell
Category: Fiction
Here are two of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novels. 'Cranford' depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village. 'Cousin Phillis' depicts a fleeting love affair in a rural community at a time when old values are being supplanted by the new.