In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford evening parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his ship, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford.
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Introduction to the Novel
Chapter One, Our Society
- Summary & Thoughts
- Annotation: Miss Betsy Barker’s Alderney Cow
- Annotation: Jessie Brown & Jock of Hazeldean
- Annotation: The Rasselas, the Rambler, & Just a few notes on Dr. Johnson
Chapter Two, The Captain
- Summary & Thoughts (Coming Soon)
- Analysis: A Look at the Brown’s Representing Selflessness
- Annotation: Miss Pole’s Letter: “But don’t you forget the white worsted at Flints”
- Annotation: Deborah the prophetess
- Annotation: Old Poz, the Parent’s Assistant by Maria Edgeworth
Chapter Three, A Love Affair of Long Ago
Chapter Four, A Visit to an Old Bachelor
- Summary & Thoughts
- Annotation: Mr. Holbrook’s Don Quixote Appearance
- Annotation: Blackwood’s Magazine
- Annotation: The Honorable Mrs. Jamieson’s Mourning Cap
Chapter Five, Old Letters
Chapter Six, Poor Peter
Chapter Seven, Visiting
Chapter Eight, Your Ladyship
- Summary & Thoughts
- Annotation: Addressing Lady Glenmire
- Annotation: Visual of Mrs Jamieson’s Furnishings
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten, The Panic
- Summary & Thoughts
- Annotation: General Burgoyne
- Annotation: Turbans in Victorian Fashion & Madame de Staël
Chapter Eleven, Samuel Brown
Chapter Twelve, Engaged to be Married
Setting
A Gallery of Knutsford, the Cranford of Mrs. Gaskell’s Experience
Lacock, the Cranford of the BBC miniseries
Other
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