Cranford / Elizabeth Gaskell ; edited by Elizabeth Porges Watson ; with a new introduction and notes by Charlotte Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.

Contributor:

Watson, Elizabeth Porges.

Mitchell, Charlotte.

Series:

World's classics.

Oxford world's classics.

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country life--England--Fiction.

Country life.

England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

England.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 194 p.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a new edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's witty and poignant comedy of early-Victorian life in a country town. A lively and up-to-date introduction by Charlotte Mitchell discusses the originality and subtlety of the book's treatment of women's experience. - ;`Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses, above a certain rent, are women.'In this witty and poignant comedy of early-Victorian life in a country town, Elizabeth Gaskell describes the uneventful lives of the lady-like inhabitants so as to offer an ironic commentary on the diverse experiences of men and women. She explores the unlikely juxtapositions of old and new brought about by the pace of change: the effects of Victorian commerce and imperial expansion co-exist with the survival of customs and habits of thought from much earlier times. This edition has detailednotes and a new introduction which discusses the originality and subtlety of the book's angle on women's experience. -.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Note on the Text

Select Bibliography

A Chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell

CRANFORD

Appendix 1: 'The Last Generation in England'

Appendix 2: 'The Cage at Cranford'

Explanatory Notes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]-xxviii).

ISBN:

0-19-158734-6

OCLC:

714569721