Cranford is one of the better-known novels of the 19th-century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published, irregularly, in eight instalments, between December 1851 and May 1853, in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. It was then published, with minor revision, in book form in 1853

Contains six of her finest stories that have been selected to demonstrate the variety and accomplishment of her shorter fiction, and to trace the development of her art.

The Cranford Collection was founded in 1999 by Muriel and Freddy Salem, with the support and collaboration of curator Andrew Renton. London had become one of the most vibrant cities for contemporary art. One of the Collection's key initial aims was to b

A new edition to tie-in with the second series of the massively popular BBC series of the same name, which is to be screened over Christmas 2009

A series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The major event in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter.