Cranford is a charming novel by Elizabeth Gaskell that insightfully portrays the lives, written in small-town microcosm, and manners of an English Victorian village. It offers a humorous and compassionate view into the lives of the ladies of Cranford, each with their interesting quirks and distinctive manners, navigating their day-to-day trials and tribulations.

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I: Our Society

II: The Captain

III: A Love Affair of Long Ago

IV: A Visit to an Old Bachelor

V: Old Letters

VI: Poor Peter

VII: Visiting

VIII: “Your Ladyship”

IX: Signor Brunoni

X: The Panic

XI: Samuel Brown

XII: Engaged to Be Married

XIII: Stopped Payment

XIV: Friends in Need

XV: A Happy Return

XVI: Peace to Cranford

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