TY - BOOK AU - Gaskell,Elizabeth Cleghorn AU - Ingham,Patricia TI - Cranford T2 - Penguin classics SN - 9780141439884 (pbk.) : U1 - 823.8 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Penguin KW - England KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi-xxxiii) N2 - In this poignant comedy of early Victorian life, Elizabeth Gaskell explores the effects of Victorian commerce and imperial expansion on the survival of customs from earlier times. This new edition includes an introduction by Patricia Ingham that places the novel in its literary and historical context ER -