GaskellA's witty and poignant comedy of country town life A gently comic picture of life in an English country town in the mid-nineteenth century, Cranford describes the small adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle- aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances. Rich with humor and filled with vividly memorable charactersA-including the dignified Lady Glenmire and the duplicitous showman Signor BrunoniA-Cranford is a portrait of kindness, compassion, and hope.
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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a minister's wife and mother of four daughters. Living in Manchester, England, she worked among the poor, traveled frequently, and wrote several novels and a biography of her friend Charlotte Bronte.
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