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Cranford
by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1851. It is a humorous and poignant portrayal of the lives of the residents of the small town of Cranford, focusing on the experiences of the town, particularly the lives of the town's older residents. The novel is a social satire that explores themes of society, social dynamics, and the human condition.
together. Only Miss Austen’s very sweetest heroines (including her own irresistible dark-eyed self, in her big cap and folded kerchief) are worthy of the old place. I should give the Freedom of Cranford, were it mine to bestow, in the usual ‘handsome casket,’ to Anne Elliott, to Fanny Price perhaps . . . but as I write some spirit of compunction disturbs the ‘obiter dicta’ of a hasty moment. Where is one to draw the line! Lady Bertram and the Honourable Mrs. Jamieson would surely have been kindred souls, delightful creatures both with their divergences. Who will ever forget Lady Bertram’s plea for morality, or Mrs. Jamieson’s languid replies to Miss Matty’s inquiries as to the preparations expected in a gentleman’s dressing-room, those answers given in the wearied manner of the Scandinavian prophetess, ‘Leave me, leave me to repose.’ But it is all very well to decide who shall and who shall not in turn be a dweller in this favoured spot! Cranford chooses its own inhabitants, and is everywhere, where people have individuality and kindliness, and where oddities are tolerated, nay, greatly loved for the
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