Cranford (version 2)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and innovations to their settled existence. It was first published between 1851 and 1853 as episodes in Charles Dickens’ Journal Household Words. Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years later and published in the journal All the Year Round. In a letter to Mrs. Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte wrote: “Thank you for your letter, it was as pleasant as a quiet chat, as welcome as spring showers, as reviving as a friend’s visit; in short, it was very like a page of Cranford.”... Cranford is a genteel and humorous look at Victorian society by Elizabeth Gaskell, and is quite a change from her more gritty novels like Mary Barton or North and South. (Summary by Noel Badrian)
Author - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and innovations to their settled existence. It was first published between 1851 and 1853 as episodes in Charles Dickens’ Journal Household Words. Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years later and published in the journal All the Year Round. In a letter to Mrs. Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte wrote: “Thank you for your letter, it was as pleasant as a quiet chat, as welcome as spring showers, as reviving as a friend’s visit; in short, it was very like a page of Cranford.”... Cranford is a genteel and humorous look at Victorian society by Elizabeth Gaskell, and is quite a change from her more gritty novels like Mary Barton or North and South. (Summary by Noel Badrian) Author - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:36:24
Chapter 2
Duration:00:26:07
Chapter 3
Duration:00:36:09
Chapter 4
Duration:00:22:29
Chapter 5
Duration:00:27:22
Chapter 6
Duration:00:27:44
Chapter 7
Duration:00:29:43
Chapter 8
Duration:00:25:14
Chapter 9
Duration:00:32:36
Chapter 10
Duration:00:24:55
Chapter 11
Duration:00:35:09
Chapter 12
Duration:00:28:42
Chapter 13
Duration:00:21:05
Chapter 14
Duration:00:30:20
Chapter 15
Duration:00:45:49
Chapter 16
Duration:00:34:01
Chapter 17
Duration:00:20:36
Chapter 18
Duration:00:30:12