Cranford
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This book was very entertaining. Just loved the Ladies of Cranford. It was a excellent tale well told of days gone by. Very excellent
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
“Cranford” is likely the best known novel of Victorian leader Elizabeth Gaskell. The novel follows the day-to-day social lives of a group of upper-middle-class women in the tiny, fictional town of Cranford, England. Rather than having a strong narrative, the novel delivers a tableau of social goings on that illuminate the characters and their lives. These tales are told largely through the eyes of a younger lady (Miss Mary Smith) who regularly visits from a nearby town. The ladies of Cranford are not rich, but wealthy enough to belong to a certain social strata, and much of the comedy derives from their careful considerations of who to include and exclude at various social gatherings. Miss Matty is essentially the main protagonist, and she is a basically kind woman if a bit miserly, especially when it comes to candles. She and her friends typically look to the most prominent member of Cranford female society, Miss Jamieson, and then assiduously follow her lead. Sorry to say, Miss Jamieson is sometimes rather narrow-minded, unlike the additional ladies, which makes certain socially awkward situations.
This enjoyable novel may seem a bit meandering to some readers, agreed that there is not a main narrative thread. The novel was originally published in serialized form in “Household Words” (edited by Charles Dickens), which may partially help clarify its lack of a strong plot. Indeed, the 2007 BBC mini-series versions of “Cranford” included tales from several of Gaskell’s additional novels. But, the tales here all add up to a devastatingly accurate picture of tiny town life and the sometimes vicious yet amusing ways in which people in them behave. Gaskell clearly understood human scenery, and readers are likely to admit many truths about human foibles in her tales. I establish myself laughing and touched regularly.
Note: This review is for the Kindle version. The text is well-arranged and does not contain any noticeable errors, although there are lots of spaces in between section and subsections (which really makes reading simpler). This version has no extras, such as a biography of Gaskell or an introduction to the text; but, such materials are so easily available on the internet now that this exclusion is not a major debit.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
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amusing. a very excellent book but just a small hard to know.like Charles Dickens a wirlwind of words that make a puzzle piece. you need all the pieces to make a puzzle. know what you are reading and it makes a perfect picture. dont know and the picture is fuzzy,unclear,and confusing.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Gaskills character sketches are delightful to read. Her descriptions of village life are spot on. I have lived in a tiny village all my life, and with the exceptions of technologies and British class systems, this is how a tiny town still operates. Loved reading it and followed with the additional novels based in Cranford ASAP.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5