This is an auction for CRANFORD by Elizabeth Gaskell.

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"CRANFORD is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled 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 in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter, which in itself is only a minor portion of the work, leaving the rest of the novel at a low-key tone. The novel has been twice adapted for television by the BBC. The first version was broadcast in 1972, with Gabrielle Hamilton as Miss Matty. The second version was broadcast in 2007. The 2007 version added the content of other stories by Gaskell: My Lady Ludlow, Mr. Harrison's Confessions and The Last Generation in England, all of which were broadcast as Cranford. Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins took the leading roles as Miss Matty and Miss Deborah Jenkyns, with Imelda Staunton cast as the town's gossip, Miss Pole, and Michael Gambon Miss Matty's former admirer, Mr Holbrook . . . "

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Hardback 1987.

263 pages.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $3.95, or $6.95 (tracked mail). If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $9.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.