Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Cranford Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Cranford follows, in short vignettes, the activities of the society in a fictional small English country town. Gaskell drew from her own childhood in Knutsford to imbue her settings and characters with a nostalgic quality in a time when the societies and styles portrayed were already going out of fashion. Though not especially popular at the time of publication, Cranford has since gained an immense following, including at least three television adaptations.