The gentle women of Cranford go about their quiet lives expecting nothing to happen to them, and adhering to their own rather eccentric set of rules. But of course life does intervene in the most unusual of ways…Cranfordis the best known and most charming of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels, and is a witty and poignant classic which deserves to be read and re-read.This omnibus edition also includes an introduction by Jenny Uglow and the stories ‘My Lady Ludlow’, ‘Mr Harrison’s Confessions’ and ‘The Cage at Cranford’.