Cranford - Couverture souple

Gaskell, Elizabeth

 
9780760795989: Cranford
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0760795983 ISBN 13 : 9780760795989
Editeur : BookAnnex, 2006

Synopsis

Cranford is a humorous account of a nineteenth-century English village dominated by a group of genteel but modestly circumstanced women. By eschewing the conventional marriage plot with its nubile heroines and focusing instead on a group of middle-aged and elderly spinsters, Elizabeth Gaskell did something highly unusual within the novel genre. Through her masterful management of the novel's tone, she underscores the value and dignity of single women's lives even as she causes us to laugh at her characters' foibles. Charles Dickens was the first of many readers to extol its wit and charm, and it has consistently been Gaskell's most popular work.

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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

Présentation de l'éditeur

Cranford is a humorous account of a nineteenth-century English village dominated by a group of genteel but modestly circumstanced women. By eschewing the conventional marriage plot with its nubile heroines and focusing instead on a group of middle-aged and elderly spinsters, Elizabeth Gaskell did something highly unusual within the novel genre. Through her masterful management of the novel's tone, she underscores the value and dignity of single women's lives even as she causes us to laugh at her characters' foibles. Charles Dickens was the first of many readers to extol its wit and charm, and it has consistently been Gaskell's most popular work.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
BookAnnex
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0760795983
ISBN 13 
9780760795989
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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9780141442549: Cranford

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0141442549 ISBN 13 :  9780141442549
Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2008
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