CRANFORD

CRANFORD

ELIZABETH GASKELL

$845.00
IVA incluido
Agotado
Editorial:
ALBA
Materia
NOVELAS
ISBN:
978-84-8428-064-4
Idioma:
Castellano

A través de la emblemática figura de unas hermanas solteronas asistimos a los pequeños y grandes acontecimientos de una pequeña comunidad. El paisaje, la ambientación e incluso los personajes de esta novela están tomados del pueblecito en que la autora pasó su infancia, Knutsford, y en un retrato lleno de humor y afecto se nos presentan valores y costumbres que la Revolución Industrial estaba transformando rápidamente.

Otros libros del autor

  • RUTH
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    Ruth is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a fallen woman in Victorian times. Ruth Hilton is an young orphaned seamstress who is seduced and then abandoned by gentleman Henry Bellingham. Ruth, pregnant and alone, is taken in by a minister and his sister. They conceal her single status under the pretense of widowhood in order to protect her child from the social stigma of...

    $19.00

  • THE MOORLAND COTTAGE
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    A touching portrait of a complicated family. The Moorland Cottage is a story about a woman asked to give up her hopes and dreams to further her bother's. Gaskell expertly confronts the mores and social problems faced by Victorian women while highlighting their strength and grace. ...

    $9.00

  • MARY BARTON
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    Elizabeth Gaskell uses her novel Mary Barton to compare and contrast the rich and the working class. She links the plight of the working class to that of the plight of Victorian women at the hands of the men in their lives. A classic novel about love and redemption. ...

    $19.00

  • COUSIN PHILLIS
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    'Cousin Phillis' is a haunting story about Paul Manning, a youth of nineteen who moves to the country and befriends his mother's family and his cousin Phillis Holman, who is confused by her own placement at the edge of adolescence. Paul finds himself helpless to prevent his cousin's heartbreak. ...

    $19.00

  • CURIOUS, IF TRUE
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    Here is a collection of five spooky Victorian stories by Elizabeth Gaskell. Included are 'The Old Nurse's Story,' 'The Poor Clare,' 'Lois the Witch,' 'The Grey Woman,' and 'Curious, if True.' ...

    $19.00

  • CRANFORD
    ELIZABETH GASKELL
    The fictional town of Cranford is closely modeled after Knutsford in Cheshire England, which Elizabeth Gaskell knew well. This gentle, humorous, and witty book follows the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. A classic. ...

    $19.00