![]() 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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