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Cranford/Cousin Phillis

Elizabeth Gaskell author Peter Keating editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:28th Oct '76

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Cranford depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village - their petty snobberies and appetite for gossip, and their loyal support for each other in times of need. The village is dominated by women, from the kindly spinster Miss Matty, living in genteel poverty with her redoubtable sister, to Lady Glenmire, who shocks everyone by marrying the doctor. When men do appear, such as 'modern' Captain Brown or Matty's suitor from the past, they bring disruption and excitement to the everyday life of Cranford. This volume includes the novella Cousin Phillis, which depicts a fleeting love affair in a rural community at a time when old values are being supplanted by the new. Both works are exquisitely observed tragicomedies of human nature, told with great delicacy and affection.

ISBN: 9780140431049

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

368 pages