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CRANFORD
CRANFORD
MRS. GASKELL
With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie
London Macmillan and Co. and New York 1891
Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh
PAGE PREFACE v
OUR SOCIETY 1
THE CAPTAIN 19
A LOVE AFFAIR OF LONG AGO 42
A VISIT TO AN OLD BACHELOR 57
OLD LETTERS 75
POOR PETER 92
VISITING 110
'YOUR LADYSHIP' 126
SIGNOR BRUNONI 147
THE PANIC 162
SAMUEL BROWN 186
ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED 204
STOPPED PAYMENT 219
FRIENDS IN NEED 239
A HAPPY RETURN 267
PEACE TO CRANFORD 286
PAGE
Heading to Preface v
Heading to Contents xxv
'A magnificent family red silk umbrella' 3
'Clattered home in their pattens' 6
'To see the Alderney' 9
'Sang out loud and joyfully' 11
'Coming out of church' 12
'The account of the "Swarry"' 16
'Carrying her baked mutton and potatoes' 20
'No one could black his boots except himself' 22
'Miss Jenkyns' 24
'One with whom his lordship held conversation' 26
'And he shuddered at the recollection' 31
'He shook hands with Miss Jessie' 38
'If you please, my love, will you call me Matilda?' 44
'So as to throw the shadow on the clock face' 46
'She "nudged" the major' 51
'How are you? how are you?' 54
'Requested her to fill the bowl' 62
'Or glimpse of distant upland pastures' 64
'He had begun a long poem' 66
'Here are the poems for you' 68
'God forbid that I should grieve any young hearts' 73
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