Cranford

Gaskell's best known work is set in a small rural town, inhabited largely by women. This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matty.

Cea mai cunoscuta lucrare a lui Gaskell este plasata intr-un mic oras rural, locuit in mare parte de femei. Aceasta este o comunitate care functioneaza pe cooperare si barfa, in chiar inima careia se afla fiicele fostului rector: domnisoara Deborah Jenkyns si sora ei, domnisoara Matty.