Cranford

The fictional town of Cranford is closely modeled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The "major" event...

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Main Author: Gaskel, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1980
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