PublishedPenguin Classics, July 2005 |
ISBN9780141439884 |
FormatSoftcover, 304 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.7cm |
A new edition of Gaskell's witty and poignant comedy of country town life
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. But domestic peace is constantly threatened in the form of financial disaster, imagined burglaries, tragic accidents, and the reapparance of long-lost relatives.
