CRANFORD & THE CAGE AT CRANFORD by ELIZABETH GASKELL 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 Cranford & The Cage At Cranford At Cranford & The Cage 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 Charles Dickens’ Journal Household Words. Appended to this recording is a short sequel, The Cage at Cranford, written ten years beth Gaskell beth All the Year Round later and published in the journal . Eliza 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; Cranford in short, it was very like a page of .”... Cranford is a genteel and humorous look at Victorian society by Elizabeth Gaskell, and is quite a change from her more gritty novels like Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and Daughters. Total running time: 08:56:56 This audio book was produced by: Reader: Noel Badrian Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth 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 Richmond (1851). Copyright expired in U.S., Canada, EU. and all countries with author’s Cranford & The Cage At Cranford At Cranford & The Cage life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Noel Badrian. This design is in the public domain. .