Cranford - Couverture souple

Gaskell, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141199423 ISBN 13 : 9780141199429

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Penguin English Library Edition of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 'Just at this moment he passed us on the stairs, making such a graceful bow, in reply to which I dropped a curtsey - all foreigners have such polite manners, one catches something of it' Cranford is an affectionate and often moving portrait of genteel poverty and intertwined lives in a nineteenth-century village. One of Elizabeth Gaskell's most beloved works, it centres on a community dominated by women and governed by old-fashioned ways. The formidable Miss Deborah Jenkyns and the kindly Miss Matty's days revolve around card games, tea, thriftiness and an endless appetite for scandal, until change comes into their world - whether it is the modern ideas of Captain Brown, a bank collapse, rumours of burglars or an unexpected reappearance from the past. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Quatrième de couverture :

INCLUDES MR HARRISON'S CONFESSIONS, CRANFORD AND MY LADY LUDLOW

'A comic masterpiece' Independent

Cranford is a sleepy northern town, but modern life, in the shape of a new railway, is pushing its way relentlessly towards it from Manchester, bringing with it new oppoertunities and excitement. The arrival of handsome young Doctor Harrison causes further agitation, not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladies. Meanwhile, Miss Matty Jenkyns watches the comings and goings and remembers when, as a girl, her own heart was broken.

See also: Middlemarch

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141199423
• ISBN 13: 9780141199429
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224