Cranford (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

A portrait of life in a quiet English country town in the mid-nineteenth century follows the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters living in reduced circumstances. Reprint. (A Masterpiece Theatre presentation, airing on PBS in Winter 2006, starring Judi Dench) (Historical Fiction)

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) was a minister’s wife and mother of four daughters. Living in Manchester, England, she worked among the poor, traveled frequently, and wrote several novels and a biography of her friend Charlotte Brontë.
Patricia Ingham is senior research fellow and reader at St. AnneÂ’s College, Oxford. She is the general editor of Thomas HardyÂ’s fiction in Penguin Classics and edited GaskellÂ’s North and South for the series.