Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell

⏱ 8 minVictorian classic

The tender, funny world of a little English town ruled by its genteel elderly ladies, their small economies, a death by railway, a lost love, and a bank failure quietly repaired by friends. Gaskell's beloved comedy of Miss Matty and her circle.

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