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Elizabeth Gaskell
CRANFORD (Illustrated Edition)
Tales of the Small Town in Mid Victorian England (With Author’s Biography)

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Mary Smith is a young woman from the industrial city of Drumble in England who frequently visits the small town of Cranford. When away, she remains abreast of events through correspondence with her friends, telling the stories of Cranford’s illustrious citizens, and sympathetically portraying transformation of a small town customs and values in mid Victorian England.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell’s best known novels are Cranford, North and South, and Wives and Daughters.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 246 ● ISBN 9788026860389 ● File size 1.7 MB ● Age 17-10 years ● Publisher e-artnow ● City Prague ● Country CZ ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7495477 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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