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The work presents a series of linked sketches about life in a small provincial town largely managed by women, tracing its social rituals, domestic economies, and delicate hierarchy. Through anecdotes—an elderly housebound gentlewoman, an old naval officer, past romances, letters, and a hapless debtor—readers see the town's rules of calling, charity, disguise of poverty as gentility, and bursts of gossip, panic, and generosity. Episodes mix gentle humor and pathos as neighbors rally during financial trouble, marriages are arranged or halted, and missing persons return, ending in a restored calm and renewed appreciation for communal solidarity.

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Title: Cranford

Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Illustrator: C. E. Brock

Release date: January 1, 1996 [eBook #394]
Most recently updated: December 23, 2025

Language: English

Credits: David Price, Margaret Price and Richard Tonsing

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CRANFORD

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

With twenty-five coloured illustrations
by C. E. Brock

1904

London. J. M. Dent & Co.
New York. E. P. Dutton & Co.