About this title: Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, "The Cranford Chronicles" follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town, during one extraordinary year. In this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from Manchester, bringing fears of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House UK
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099518457ISBN:0099518457
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Uk Ltd
Date Published: 2008-06-01
ISBN-13:9780099518457ISBN:0099518457
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099518457ISBN:0099518457
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 496 pages. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. the arrival of handsome young doctor harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. (Paperback) read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE UK
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099518457ISBN:0099518457
Description: New. The TV tie-in edition to the BBC adaptation, starring Judi Dench. Based on three Elizabeth Gaskell novels, The Cranford Chronicles follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire market town, ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099518457ISBN:0099518457
Description: New. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from Manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. The arrival of handsome young Doctor Harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revo... read more
"Cranford is a hugely entertaining novel and presents a delicious society from the first page; we are told that Cranford is ruled by the 'Amazons'. Though there are no battles, swords, or fierce gallops through the pouring rain in Cranford, there is the cat who swallows a priceless piece of lace, the many rules and regulations which the ladies of Cranford put in place for visiting hours, and the unforgettable cow which, falling into a lime-pit is thenceforth dressed in a flannel waistcoat.
What I find most admirable is the relationships between women which Gaskell shows in her novel. This can be seen most clealry when the ladies of Cranford band together to secretly aid Miss Matty in her bankruptcy. It proves the enduring and tender relationships which can exist, even in the strict and ordered Victorian society of the day.
The edition I own (the Penguin one, as shown) is an excellent edition with an appendix outlining domestic duties, servants, and a thorough section on 'Fashion at Cranford' which is both informative and interesting."
"Cranford was a sweet book. Miss Matty is a female Mr. Pickwick (to me Judi Dench is a bizarre casting choice for the TV show, for sure). Gaskell has an exclusively feminine view of the world; even in Confessions and My Lady Ludlow the major storylines involving men are narrated or dominated by women. In the latter the structure of a narrator is really pushed beyond a reasonable extreme; at points one is listening to events described by a person telling another person, telling another person, telling another person, telling the narrator. In fact in My Lady Ludlow the narrator herself is such a nonentity I really don't see the point of the framing device at all. This is true to some extent in Cranford as well but much less so. Jeremy made an interesting point about this structure being a very literal translation of the oral storytelling tradition to the written word."
"I actually read this book just to get over the emotional turmoil I was in after reading abother book (2666). I believe it would be the equivalent of a rebound. And it was a good way out. But I can't say I loved it. Nothing really happens during the short novella, or I should call them short stories. The women in Cranford don't like doing much. They don't like men (most of them are spinsters, or "old maids", as the returned brother calls Matty). They can't imagine doing business, which they find unbecoming. They seem to worry only of the clothes they wear, specially the caps, or bonnets, or whatever they call them.They like their knitting, and their tea and cakes. Oh yes, those cakes are particularly exciting for them. They get together a lot, and talk about their many prejudices, their traumas, and their fears. And they watch out for young people, so they don't let themselves get involved with love in any form. But they are crazy for kids. Very victorian ladies, they can only expect old age. And maybe other peoples adventures, that's why, when the long lost brother Peter comes back, they all love to hear his stories, which most likely are untrue, but they fall for them anyhow. I know it is supposed to be funny (there actually is a funny moment, but not really laugh out loud funny, so it's not worth mentioning), or so the blurbs say (and comments from other readers), but I just found it depressing. Oh well, I'll have to go back to the real world."
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