{"product_id":"cranford-paperback-8","title":"Cranford - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1810, but she spent her formative years in Cheshire, Stratford-upon-Avon and the north of England. In 1832 she married the Reverend William Gaskell, who became well known as the minister of the Unitarian Chapel in Manchester's Cross Street. As well as leading a busy domestic life as minister's wife and mother of four daughters, she worked among the poor, traveled frequently and wrote. \u003cb\u003eMary Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (1848) was her first success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years later she began writing for Dickens's magazine, \u003cb\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/b\u003e, to which she contributed fiction for the next thirteen years, notably a further industrial novel, \u003cb\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/b\u003e (1855). In 1850 she met and secured the friendship of Charlotte Brontë. After Charlotte's death in March 1855, Patrick Brontë chose his daughter's friend and fellow-novelist to write The \u003cb\u003eLife of Charlotte Brontë\u003c\/b\u003e (1857), a probing and sympathetic account, that has attained classic stature. Elizabeth Gaskell's position as a clergyman's wife and as a successful writer introduced her to a wide circle of friends, both from the professional world of Manchester and from the larger literary world. Her output was substantial and completely professional. Dickens discovered her resilient strength of character when trying to impose his views on her as editor of \u003cb\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/b\u003e. She proved that she was not to be bullied, even by such a strong-willed man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer later works, \u003cb\u003eSylvia's Lovers\u003c\/b\u003e (1863), \u003cb\u003eCousin Phillis\u003c\/b\u003e (1864) and \u003cb\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/b\u003e (1866) reveal that she was continuing to develop her writing in new literary directions. Elizabeth Gaskell died suddenly in November 1865. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow and Reader at St Anne's College, Oxford. She has written on the Victorian novel and on Hardy in particular. she is the General Editor of all Hardy's fiction in the Penguin Classics and has edited Gaskell's North and South for the series.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.76 x 5.18 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267177332985,"sku":"9780141439884","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/kQVU0ESlDg9780141439884.webp?v=1768862183","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cranford-paperback-8","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}