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CRANFORD & THE CAGE AT CRANFORD by

01 - Preface 36:24 02 - Ch. 1 Our Society 26:08 03 - Ch. 2 The Captain 36:10 04 - Ch. 3 A Love Affair of Long Ago 22:30 05 - Ch. 4 A Visit to an Old Bachelor 27:22 06 - Ch. 5 Old Letters 27:45 07 - Ch. 6 Poor Peter 29:44 08 - Ch. 7 Visiting 25:15 09 - Ch. 8 Your Ladyship 32:37 10 - Ch. 9 Signor Brunoni 24:56 11 - Ch. 10 The Panic 35:10 12 - Ch. 11 Samuel Brown 28:43 13 - Ch. 12 Engaged to Be Married 21:06 14 - Ch. 13 Stopped Payment 30:21 15 - Ch. 14 Friends in Need 45:50 16 - Ch. 15 A Happy Return 34:03 17 - Ch. 16 Peace to Cranford 20:37 18 - The Cage at Cranford 30:13

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Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and innovations to their settled existence. It was first published between 1851 and 1853 as episodes in ’ Journal . Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years beth Gaskell beth later and published in the journal .

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In a letter to Mrs. Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte wrote: “Thank you for your letter, it was as pleasant as a quiet chat, as welcome as spring showers, as reviving as a friend’s visit;

in short, it was very like a page of Cranford.”...

Cranford is a genteel and humorous look at Victorian society by Elizabeth Gaskell, and is quite a change from her more gritty novels like , North and South and .

Total running time: 08:56:56

This audio book was produced by:

Reader: Noel Badrian

Elizabeth Gaskell Dedicated Proof-Listener: Laura Victoria Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Elizabeth Klett

This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover picture by Hugh Thomson (1860 - 1920). Portrait of Elizabeth Gaskell by George

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