Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Cranford (Oxford World's Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Elizabeth Porges Watson ISBN: 0-19-283209-3 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Almost unbearable poignant!
Comment: To you scoffers who find this novel uneventful - I say read it again toward the close of your life. The stories of these genteel ladies with their 40 year old lost loves and their strong familial relationships is very moving. I also like the way the book is contructed in a series of vignettes. But most of all I am enchanted with the "feel" of the portrait of village life in the middle of the 19th century - such a contrast with the mores of today it's hard to believe we are the same species! If you like Mrs. Gaskell, be sure to read Barbara Pym for the 20th century version.
Rating: 4
Summary: "Charming" Cranford
Comment: I read this series of village sketches as an independent study and found that it is most commonly referred to as "charming." This so called charm is achieved through the humourous realism with which Gaskell depicts the citizens of the small, rural town of Cranford. The women presented are 'old maids' and though genteel, their economic status is far from certain. Perhaps the tender concern Gaskell shows for their welfare, and the friendship demonstrated for a friend in need is most pivotal in creating the charm of the novel. This book has the feel of a 'chick flick': no grand action necessarily, but little episodes of social excitement followed by periods of daily activity. The book provides both comic scenes and tear-jerkers and the method of storytelling could be likened to that of movies such as "Steel Magnolias" or "Fried Green Tomatoes".
Rating: 4
Summary: very entertaining
Comment: Orginally published in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words, _Cranford_is in fact a collection of stories about the people (mostly women)'s lives in a city called Cranford in the 19th century. It is said to be Mrs. Gaskell's most popular book, and the only book that Mrs. Gaskell herself would want to re-read again. This book is indeed full of funny, ridiculous and heartwarming stories about some old-fashioned but really friendly and kind-hearted women (mostly old maids or widows) living in this little town called Cranford. I think Mrs. Gaskell did a good job in bring up themes like the confrontation of the old and new world, the comparsion between the life in an industrial city like Drumble (believed to be based on Manchester) and the little tranquil town Cranford. If you are interested in Victorian Literature, this is one of the few relaxing novels belonging to that period that is definitely worth a reading!
 |
Title: Wives and Daughters (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ISBN: 014243700X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
 |
Title: Ruth (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell, Angus Easson ISBN: 0140434305 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
 |
Title: Mary Barton: Penguin Classics by Elizabeth Gaskell, Macdonald Daly ISBN: 014043464X Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
 |
Title: North and South (Penguin Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell, Patricia Ingham ISBN: 0140434240 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
 |
Title:Wives and Daughters ASIN: B000059H6T Publisher: BBC Video Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $32.78 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
