Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"Cranford" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is an episodic novel published in 1853. Set in a small English country town, the work affectionately portrays a society of elderly women navigating genteel poverty and rigid social codes in a world slowly changing around them. Through the eyes of visitor Mary Smith, readers encounter the "Amazons" of Cranford—widows and spinsters maintaining appearances through "elegant economy" while resisting the industrial age creeping beyond their boundaries. This
gentle chronicle explores class, tradition, and the gradual shift from rank-based society toward human kindness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
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| Illustrator | Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund), 1870-1938 |
| Title | Cranford |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranford_(novel) |
| Credits | David Price, Margaret Price and Richard Tonsing |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sisters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pastoral fiction |
| Subject | Villages -- Fiction |
| Subject | Older women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Female friendship -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 394 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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