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Cranford

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1853

Classics · ranked #107 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

Cranford was first serialized in Charles Dickens’ magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The structureless nature of the stories, and the fact that Gaskell was busy writing her novel Ruth at

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1853 · 1850s
Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Standing
Recommended

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