![]() Gaskell has the incredible talent of making everyday occurrences and life events totally engrossing. ![]() ![]() This gentle satire of village life does not supply much of a plot – but amazingly it does not matter. Inspired by author Elizabeth Gaskell’s (1810-1865) early life in Knutsford in Cheshire where she was raised by an aunt after her mother’s death and father’s subsequent re-marriage, the novel revolves around the narrator Miss Mary Smith and the Amazons of the community: the authoritative Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her kindhearted but timid younger sister Matty, the always well informed Miss Miss Pole and the self-important aristocratic Mrs. I was not disappointed.Ī witty and poignant portrait of small town life in an early Victorian-era English village, Cranford was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words edited by Charles Dickens. From my experience with their recording of Jane Austen’s novels I knew the quality would be superior. After a bit of research on Cranford audio book recordings, I settled on the Naxos edition. ![]() Since I am always short of reading time, I chose instead to listen to an audio recording, my favorite pastime during my commute to work. Gaskell’s original novel that it was adapted from. ![]() To prime myself for Return to Cranford, the new Masterpiece Classic sequel to last year’s award-winning mini-series Cranford on PBS, I wanted to read Mrs. ![]()
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