I was intrigued to read (on Wikipedia) that the scriptwriters had also worked themes from a non-fiction work called The Last Generation in Englandinto the drama. The television series, for those unfamiliar with its intricacies, was constructed from plots and characters taken from My Lady Ludlow, Mr Harrison’s Confessions and Cranford. However at the same time, it just wasn’t the Cranford life that we’d just been reading about, which was rather vexing. I must stress that we did thoroughly enjoy all of the episodes of the drama. The scriptwriters, for some reason known only to themselves decided to mash Cranford up with a couple of other short novels and a spot of seasoning. Even so, after having read and enjoyed the activities of the Cranford ladies so recently, it was strange to find the Cranford we knew had been turned upon its head. I had already done a little light Googling and so we were aware that the series wasn’t a straightforward adaptation of the novel. Rest assured that we did manage a meal and beverage break in the midst of the nineteenth century. The "major" event in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter, which in itself is only a minor portion of the work.After reading Cranfordrecently, The Bookworm and I decided to indulge in a DVD binge and we watched the entire BBC Cranford production from 2007 in one day of entranced viewing. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. Download cover art Download CD case insert CranfordĬranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell.
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