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Cranford

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Author(s):Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s):None
Publisher(s): Chapman and Hall
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Year Published: 1853
Type: Hardcover
Genre: British
Fiction - Short Story
Humorous
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 324
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 557761271

Description

A collection of short stories about the shabby genteel society of a small English town, modeled on the author’s hometown of Kelmsford. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

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Other Editions

Cranford (1898)

A collection of short stories about the shabby genteel society of a small English town, modeled on the author’s hometown of Knutsford. This edition has both colored and black and white illustrations. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Publisher: Macmillan
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Crandford; The Cage at Cranford; The Moorland Cottage (1907)

This volume in The World’s Classics includes an additional story of Cranford.

Publisher: Oxford University Press
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