Gaskell, E.: Cranford (Unabridged)

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Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 1: Our Society - 5:44
2. There were one or two consequences arising... - 5:43
3. Captain Brown had taken a small house... - 6:21
4. When the trays reappeared with biscuits and wine... - 4:28
5. Chapter 2: The Captain - 4:24
6. Such was the state of things when I left Cranford... - 4:29
7. My next visit to Cranford was in the summer. - 6:09
8. That afternoon we perceived little groups in the street... - 6:23
9. Miss Pole, Miss Matty, and I, meanwhile... - 5:45
10. We were both startled when Miss Jenkyns reappeared... - 5:44
11. Chapter 3: A Love Affair of Long Ago - 6:49
12. However, it so fell out that Fanny had to leave... - 7:43
13. And now I come to the love affair. - 5:40

Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 4: A Visit to an Old Bachelor - 5:57
2. We had pudding before meat... - 5:41
3. When we came back, nothing would serve him... - 4:55
4. Soon after this I took my leave... - 5:11
5. The next day Miss Pole brought us word that Mr. Holbrook... - 2:58
6. Chapter 5: Old Letters - 5:45
7. Miss Matty undid the packet with a sigh... - 5:55
8. There was a great gap before any of the rector’s letters... - 7:18
9. I can’t quite remember the date... - 5:16
10. Chapter 6: Poor Peter - 5:22
11. Miss Matty drew herself up, and as soon as we were alone... - 5:56
12. Presently my mother went to my father. - 5:21
13. ‘The next day Deborah was at home before I was myself again.’ - 7:06
14. ‘Well, my dear, it’s very foolish of me...’ - 6:15

Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 7: Visiting - 6:51
2. My prophetic soul foretold a visit that afternoon... - 5:00
3. The spring evenings were getting bright and long... - 6:32
4. Presently the door was thrown wide open... - 3:58
5. Chapter 8: Your Ladyship - 5:52
6. In coming out of church, the first Sunday... - 6:03
7. The expenditure on dress in Cranford.. - 6:45
8. We were all very silent at first. - 4:53
9. As a proof of how thoroughly we had forgotten… - 5:47
10. Chapter 9: Signor Brunoni - 4:51
11. Miss Pole was always the person... - 7:09
12. The next evening we were all in a gentle flutter... - 5:15
13. But we had not time for more conversation... - 5:27

Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 10: The Panic - 5:49
2. One afternoon, about five o’clock, we were startled... - 4:48
3. When Lady Glenmire came, we almost felt jealous of her. - 5:27
4. Miss Pole was very much inclined to install herself... - 5:53
5. But when the evening came... - 4:42
6. Still this was no confession... - 5:00
7. Chapter 11: Samuel Brown - 5:11
8. Before Miss Pole left us, Miss Matty and I... - 5:30
9. We were all of us far too full of the signor’s precarious state. - 4:46
10. ‘My father once made us,’ she began... - 5:11
11. ‘Have you been in India?’ said I, rather astonished. - 8:04
12. Chapter 12: Engaged to be Married - 5:31
13. We were sitting – Miss Matty and I – much as usual... - 7:39
14. Mrs Forrester surprised us in our darned caps... - 5:49

Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 13: Stopped Payment - 6:02
2. It was a very uncomfortable subject to me... - 6:01
3. I never saw a man’s countenance fall so suddenly... - 5:24
4. We inspected the fashions... - 3:56
5. We had neither of us much appetite for dinner... - 5:44
6. Chapter 14: Friends in Need - 5:45
7. I found Miss Matty very quiet, and not a little sad... - 4:34
8. Miss Matty had a few little peculiarities... - 5:04
9. ‘Please ma’am,’ said Martha... - 4:05
10. The next morning, very early, I received a note from Miss Pole… - 6:44
11. When the ceremony had been gone through… - 6:06
12. I am not going to weary you with the details... - 6:45

Cranford (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell, voice
Clare Wille, reader


1. Chapter 15: A Happy Return - 5:10
2. But to return to Miss Matty. - 4:32
3. About a year after Miss Matty set up shop... - 7:10
4. Martha was beginning to go about again.. - 7:02
5. Long, long into the night far, far into the morning... - 4:26
6. Chapter 16: Peace to Cranford - 7:14
7. There had been some talk of establishing Martha and Jem... - 5:24
8. When I got back to Miss Matty’s... - 6:33

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