Cranford

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. Anne’s College, Oxford. She is the general editor of Thomas Hardy’s fiction in Penguin Classics and edited Gaskell’s North and Southfor the series.Gaskell, Elizabeth is the author of 'Cranford ', published 2008 under ISBN 9780143039419 and ISBN 0143039415.