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BBC production by Sue Birtwistle (who also produced the hugely popular mini-series of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995). With an introduction by Sue Birtwistle and Susie Conklin, creators of Cranford This edition also includes the stories 'The Cage at Cranford' and 'The Moorland Cottage'

An omnibus edition that includes Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel "Cranford", which is a comic portrait of the lives of Cranford's genteel female inhabitants, as well as a novella and a short story. It presents poignant portraits of early Victorian country village life.Treasured household names, including Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Julia McKenzie, brought Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford to life in one of the best-loved classic dramas of all time. This celebratory omnibus edition includes the classic novel of the same name, a comic portrait of the lives of Cranford's genteel female inhabitants, as well as a novella and a short story. Both of these, The Moorland Cottage and The Cage at Cranford, feature in the Cranford two-part Special due to be screened on BBC television over Christmas 2009. These poignant portraits of early Victorian country village life deserve to be read and re-read.