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Cranford

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Sibella Denton

6 Hours 8 Minutes

LibriVox

January 2011

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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... (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  • Anonymous

    Poor narration

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  • Anonymous

    Very monotonous not a lot of point to the story

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  • Anonymous

    Very reminiscent of Jane Austin with the humor and the social mores. Loved it. And no, there's not much of a plot. It's more of a collection of stories from a mid-19th century English village that is inhabited mostly by elderly women. The first-person narrator is a younger woman with a funny, but loving, take on events. I think the audiobook narrator is pretty good for LibriVox, no complaints there.

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  • Anonymous

    I really enjoyed this book.kind of silly, sad and head swimming sometimes.

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  • Krista D

    It was not my favorite of books. Seemed to lack much of a focus or real storyline.

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