Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 creator Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund) 1870-1938 text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Cranford" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is an episodic novel published in 1853. Set in a small English country town, the work affectionately portrays a society of elderly women navigating genteel poverty and rigid social codes in a world slowly changing around them. Through the eyes of visitor Mary Smith, readers encounter the "Amazons" of Cranford—widows and spinsters maintaining appearances through "elegant economy" while resisting the industrial age creeping beyond their boundaries. This gentle chronicle explores class, tradition, and the gradual shift from rank-based society toward human kindness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranford_(novel) Release date is 1996-01-01 David Price, Margaret Price and Richard Tonsing Updated: 2022-10-29. Original publication data not identified England -- Fiction Sisters -- Fiction Pastoral fiction Villages -- Fiction Older women -- Fiction Female friendship -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/394 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/394 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133031.0 394