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TIMELINE
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Event in the novel /Chapter / Original pub date in Household Words/ Author's intent / Historical reference / Biographical reference

Literary dispute at party for narrator / Chapter 1 "Our Society" / Vol. IV, No. 90 "Our Society at Cranford" (265-74) Dec. 13, 1851/ "...the beginning of Cranford was one paper...I never meant to write more..." Letter from Gaskell to John Ruskin, 1865 / Pickwick Papers, HW, Chapter XXXIII, Feb. 1837 or Chapter XXXVI, Apr. 1837 / "Captain Henry Hill came to Knutsford in 1836....It could be said that the character of Captain Brown was inspired by Captain Henry Hill." -

Capt. Brown's death by railroad / Chapter 2 "The Captain" / Vol. IV, No. 90 "Our Society at Cranford" (265-74) Dec. 13, 1851 / "I am staying....far removed from railways...and all such new-fangled inventions..." Letter from Gaskell to Harriet Anderson, Mar. 15, / Railroad deaths: Huskisson (distracted by Duke of Wellington on platform), 1830; other persons struck by moving train in 1839, 1846, 1846 / ?

Miss Matty's encounter with Mr. Holbrook / Chapter 3 "A love affair of long ago"/ Vol. IV, No. 93 "A Love Affair at Cranford" (349-57) Jan. 3, 1852/ Sketch / ? / ?

Dinner at Mr. Holbrook's house / Chapter 4 "A visit to an old bachelor" / Vol. IV, No. 93 "A Love Affair at Cranford" (349-57) Jan. 3, 1852/ Sketch / ? / ?

Miss Matty's burning of old letters / Chapter 5 "Old letters" / Vol. IV, No. 103 "Memory at Cranford" (588-97) Mar. 13, 1852 / Sketch / ? / ?

Peter Jenkyn's disappearance / Chapter 6 "Poor Peter" / Vol. IV, No. 103 "Memory at Cranford" (588-97) Mar. 13, 1852 / ? / ? / Gaskell's brother disappeared

Betty Barker's tea party / Chapter 7 "Visiting" / Vol. V, No. 106 "Visiting at Cranford" (55-64) Apr. 3, 1852 / ? / ? / ?

Mrs. Jamieson's tea party / Chapter 8 "Your Ladyship!" / Vol. V, No. 106 "Visiting at Cranford" (55-64) Apr. 3, 1852 / ? / ? / ?

Signor Brunoni's performance at The George / Chapter 9 "Signor Brunoni" / Vol. VI, No. 146 "The Great Cranford Panic, 1" (390-96) Jan. 8, 1853 / Sketch / Signoir Blitz at The George, 1830-- / ?

Ladies' fears about robbers / Chapter 10 "The Panic" / Vol. VI, No. 146 "The Great Cranford Panic, 1" (390-96) Jan. 8, 1853 / ? / ? / ?

Signora Brunoni's story / Chapter 11 "Samuel Brown" / Vol. VII, No. 147 "The Great Cranford Panic, 2" (413-20) Jan. 15, 1853 / ? / ? / ?

Announcement of Lady Glenmire and Mr Hoggins' engagement / Chapter 12 "Engaged to be married" / Vol. VII, No. 147 "The Great Cranford Panic, 2" (413-20) Jan. 15, 1853 / Sketch / ? / ?

Miss Matty's payment of a farmer's bill / Chapter 13 "Stopped Payment" / Vol. VII, No. 158 "Stopped Payment, at Cranford" (108-115) Apr. 2, 1853 / "I seldom see the Household Words, and I do not even remember if I have written six or seven Cranford papers,-(they have one, the final number, still unprinted... ." Letter from Gaskell to John Forster, May 3, 1853 / ? / ? / ?

Miss Matty's friends' secret plan / Chapter 14 "Friends in need" / Vol. VII, No. 158 "Friends in Need, at Cranford" (108-115) Apr. 2, 1853 / "I did not know what 'Friends in Need' was, at first; you know the HW people always make titles for me." Letter from Gaskell to John Forster, May 3, 1853 / ? / ?

Miss Matty's tea shop / Chapter 15 "A Happy Return" / Vol. VII, No. 165 "A Happy Return to Cranford" (277-85) May 21, 1853 / "I wrote to you last week on behalf of Mrs Davenport of Knutsford who wished to apply for relief to the Literary Fund... .[She and her daughter] have tried many ways of earning a subsistence; they have a little shop, taken...in plain sewing, kept a temperance coffee-house, opened a dance-school &c." Letter from Gaskell to Octavian Blewitt, Mar. 22, 1852 / ?

Peter Jenkyns' return to Cranford / Chapter 16 "Peace to Cranford" / Vol. VII, No. 165 "A Happy Return to Cranford" (277-85) May 21, 1853 / "...I think Cranford became a novel slowly, over time, and that the illustrations played a key role in making that happen, with George du Maurier's 1864 illustrations providing the first interpretation of Cranford as a novel about the inner life of Miss Matty, and with Hugh Thomson's 1891 illustrations multiplying the lines of narrative coherence and extending the visual characteristics...of England as a nation." -Thomas Recchio, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford: A Publishing History, 2009 / ? / ?

Uglow, Jenny. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. London. Faber and Faber, 1993.


Here is some information that gives more insight into the text, the references to Dickens's novels and the time line of the events in the novel Cranford. The page references correspond to Uglow's biography of Gaskell.


The death of Captain Brown was the first time Dickens edited without Gaskell's approval. Dickens changed his name to Thomas Hood and referenced his poems. It was only when Cranford was published in volume form in 1853 did the story refer to Captain Browne reading Pickwick Papers.

The references to A Christmas Carol are apt, just as the references to Pickwick Papers is apt because in both those books the past, the present and the future meet in those books. pp.286-87.


The overall structure of the story-cycle has a backwards forwards movement. The first episode looks back from 1850 to the mid-1830's when Matty is most under Deborah's control while the next probes back to the time of Matty's youth (about 1810) before her forced separation from Mr. Holbrook, her long illness and the loss of her hoped-for marriage and children. The third, "Old Letters" takes us even deeper into the past, to her parents' courtship in the 1770's. pp.293-4.

Recchio, Thomas. Elizabeth Gaskell' s Cranford. Ashgate Publishing Company, Burlington, 2009.

"When Cranford appeared in Household Words in uneven instalments over a two year period, it had no title and no clear generic status. ... it was not until the appearance of the first illustrated edition, with its visual representation of a narrative trajectory based on the inner life of characters, that Cranford was read as a novel." p. 2

"In the case of Cranford, the relationship between the paratext and authorial intention was compromised from the first. Since individual authors were not identified in mid-nineteenth-century periodicals in general and in Household Words in particular, the pieces in Household Words served Dickens's intentions as much as, if not more than, they served the authors'. Elizabeth Gaskell had no control over the context of each Cranford number, and Dickens intervened to change references and wording in the first and second numbers." p.3

" ... a textual tradition is built, a tradition like history itself is always in the process of being defined. The line between textual understanding and historical context and events becomes indistinguishable as "texts are drawn into a genuine course of events" the texts themselves players in historical events." p.5

p.15. Wonderful analysis and argument.

p. 24. Links to earlier sources for Cranford

"When Cranford was being written for Household Words ... the serial instalments were referred to in Dickens's and Gaskell's correspondence as papers ..." p.25

"It was Gaskell's practice to submit the Cranford papers untitled, leaving Dickens to rectify the omission." p. 45

Recchio argues the "dialogic play of two thematic threads that have emerged in modern readings of Cranford." pp.50ff

Samples of early illustrations are found here.



The above article, second paragraph, refers to Gaskell revising the Cranford papers in 1853, presumably just prior to their publication in one volume. I haven't read her revising before, but it makes sense. Would this explain why her casual attitude about the papers expressed in her letters is belied by the continuity that exists in the book? Or conversely, would it explain the out of order time references? There does seem to be a chronology from start to finish, even though she originally intended nothing of the sort, as far as I can determine. The Pickwick Papers reference to actual time ...chapter one...is later than a reference to actual time in one of the later chapters.

It gets tricky when one tries to determine the age of the narrator.

It occurred to me that the question of the narrator's age might have been addressed by the illustrators, but this is not the case. Mary Smith is rarely or ever reliably pictured.

Just thinking about the narrator's age... Any thoughts?

Yes. The more we delve into the timeline question, the more "flexible" or "casual" Gaskell appears to have been. I don't think this was, in any way, deliberate. Rather, the publication of each separate instalment of the Cranford papers was in itself rather casual. Unlike the strict publication deadlines of the novel North and South in Household Words, where Dickens needed discipline from Gaskell because of the publishing deadlines, Cranford was not published within any established and firm schedule. Indeed, apparently, the initial Cranford papers of chapters one and two were to be the only papers to be slated For publication. As the Cranford papers were extended, they still did not march out with precision. What all this suggests to me is that the publication of the various papers from 1851-53 constituted a rather episodic narrative, and Gaskell was not too concerned with the accuracy of time within her narrative. She was not relying on historical events (say as Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities) which would demand some adherence to historical time.

Again, as we have seen in our reading, it seems that it was only when the novel Cranford first appeared in a novel format did that text assume the position of a novel. Recchio argues that it was the addition of the illustrations for the novel (as no illustrations were present in the "papers") that turned the Cranford papers into a novel.

I think your phrase "casual attitude" regarding Gaskell is spot on. Yes, she did not like Dickens tinkering with her MS, and we have seen in the letters that this caused some friction, but with the completion of the Cranford papers in HW in 1853, she then could, and did, change Dickens's editing and reinserted her own desires when Cranford emerged for the first time as a novel.

It was re-assuring to see that the article you provided referenced Recchio. He seems to be the gold standard. There is one rather glaring misstep in proofreading the article. Did you notice how the Cranford papers ran from December 1951 to May 1851 as stated in "Gaskell and her early illustrator." Now that's a timeline puzzle for sure.

I think our investigation bears much interesting information and relevance when we give names, places, events and connections to the story to make Cranford a much greater and richer reading experience. More and more, however, I think that while the crafting of Mary Smith as a narrator was done with great skill, humour and an eye for how she integrated within the story, Gaskell was not overly concerned with too much precision in her aging of characters with accuracy or fidelity.

But the hunt is grand, is it not?

Peter wrote: "But the hunt is grand, is it not? ..."

Much agreed! What you are finding feels so congruent with the experience of short story writing as I am encountering it.

Yes it is, the hunt is grand.

I agree that Gaskell was not too concerned with the "accuracy of time and the aging of her characters ". There are references to the passage of time, and I am starting to realize that the reader's experience of time is probably the best measure.

In terms of the continuum of events, wasn't it a consequence of adding chapter numbers? It is possible that the early papers were not intended to follow, one the other. However, there may be a case to be made, that the last three numbers (147,158,165) were, as Papers, intended to be consecutive. These are now the last six chapters.

Linda wrote: "Yes it is, the hunt is grand.

I agree that Gaskell was not too concerned with the "accuracy of time and the aging of her characters ". There are references to the passage of time, and I am startin..."

First, I absolutely love your phrase "the reader's experience of time is probably the best measure."

In answer to your following questions I think we must turn to the word "paratext." This is a word that has created much attention in the past decade or so. One of the central items in a paratext look at a novel would be chapter numbers. The numbers assigned to chapters (1,2,3 ...) automatically create a time line within a person's mind. This time line initially makes the reader assume that time is moving forward, but, in texts that flashback, as Cranford does, the is a disruption in how a reader will handle the concept of time. In my message 103 there is a quotation from Uglow that refers to the backward time shift of the text, even though the "chapter" or the instalment of the Cranford papers was moving forward in a publishing sense.

To a degree, it is possible as you suggest that the early papers were not intended to follow, but I think that they were. Mary Smith's slow revelation of character as the "papers" unfold is one of progressive revelation and clear development of character which suggests to me that Gaskell intended the novel to move forward. Characters age as the installments of the "papers" are published in HW. The last instalment of the papers has an aged Peter and Matty looking back to earlier times.

Did that answer your question at all? It's cold, damp and rainy here which may well effect my ability to think.

Peter wrote: "It's cold, damp and rainy here which may well effect my ability to think. ..."

You elicit a smile here, Peter!

(I have sun on golden leaves out my window when I look up from this screen, but the temperature around me says it is fairly cold outside.)

Random notes for timeline

From: The Works of Mrs. Gaskell by Adolphus William Ward, (1906)

L“Possibly, as has been surmised, the incident of the stoppage of payment by the Town and Country Bank at Drumble, in which Miss Deborah Jenkyns had made so unfortunate an investment, was suggested by the failure of the Royal Dantery Bank at Macclesfield, in 1823; or more probably, Mrs. Gaskell had in her mind the failure, in 1842, of the Bank of Manchester--a crash which inflicted terrible suffering on the shareholders."

“The “Benefit Society for the Poor,� started by Deborah and her mother, is the Female Benefit Society, founded by Mrs. Holland of Church House in 1806, and said to be still in existence. "

“It cannot be doubted that these delightful creations [misses Jenkyns] reproduced, with a freedom of treatment not out of harmony with affectionate personal attachment, the figures of Mrs. Gaskell’s cousins, Miss Mary and Miss Lucy, daughters of Mr. Peter Holland of Church House, Knutsford, surgeon"

Linda wrote: "Random notes for timeline

From: The Works of Mrs. Gaskell by Adolphus William Ward, (1906)

L“Possibly, as has been surmised, the incident of the stoppage of payment by the Town and Country Bank ..."

Ah. You have been busy with a new source. Nice.

From the nonfiction paper "The Last Generation of England" (1849):

[in which Gaskell wishes] "to put upon record some of the details of country town life, either observed by myself, or handed down to me by older relations; for even in small towns, scarcely removed from villages, the phases of society are rapidly changing; and much will appear strange, which yet occurred only in the generation immediately preceding ours."

Two years later she wrote the first fictional Cranford paper appearing in HW.

I particularly note her reference to "details...handed down to me by older relations."

Some notes from Cranford

�...where, as he often told his customers, Queen Adelaide had appeared, only the very week before, in a cap exactly like the one he showed them, trimmed with yellow and blue ribbons, and had been complimented by King William on the becoming nature of her head-dress.� Ch 7 visiting

King William m. to Queen Adelaide 1830-1837

“I dare say. I should have liked something newer, I confess—something more like the turbans Miss Betty Barker tells me Queen Adelaide wears; but it is very pretty, my dear. " ch 9

Gaskell went to live with her father in 1827, married in 1832

A reference to Dickens he may not have replaced...

“was often reminded of a description my father had once given of a ladies� committee that he had had to preside over. He said he could not help thinking of a passage in Dickens, which spoke of a chorus in which every man took the tune he knew best, and sang it to his own satisfaction�

Linda wrote: "From the nonfiction paper "The Last Generation of England" (1849):

[in which Gaskell wishes] "to put upon record some of the details of country town life, either observed by myself, or handed down..."

Linda

I like this comment of Gaskell's very much. Good find. It seems, at times, that the Cranford papers are almost like diary entries or aides de memories for her. More than jot notes, but less than a fully fleshed out series of chapters always intended to form a novel, the Cranford papers record the fast-fading rural life that can now only be held alive in one's memory.

Linda wrote: "Some notes from Cranford

�...where, as he often told his customers, Queen Adelaide had appeared, only the very week before, in a cap exactly like the one he showed them, trimmed with yellow and b..."

Your reference to a Dickens story/novel has me scratching my head. It would be published in or before 1851. The lines are not ringing any clear bells with me but it does sound like it could also come from The Pickwick Papers. What I'll do is post a question to the Pickwick Club here in Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. I am a member of this delightful group of people and we have some very insightful members. Perhaps someone will be able to place the reference for us.

Stay tuned!

Here is the full first paragraph, which I think you will enjoy:

"The Last Generation in England (1849)

I have just taken up by chance an old number of the Edinburgh Review (April 1848), in which it is said that Southey had proposed to himself to write a 'history of English domestic life.' I will not enlarge upon the infinite loss we have had in the non-fulfilment of this plan; every one must in some degree feel its extent who has read those charming glimpses of home scenes contained in the early volumes of the 'Doctor, &c.' This quarter of an hour's chance reading has created a wish in me to put upon record some of the details of country town life, either observed by myself, or handed down to me by older relations; for even in small towns, scarcely removed from villages, the phases of society are rapidly changing; and much will appear strange, which yet occurred only in the generation immediately preceding ours. I must however say before going on, that although I choose. to disguise my own identity, and to conceal the name of the town to which I refer, every circumstance and occurrence which I shall relate is strictly and truthfully told without exaggeration. As for classing the details with which I am acquainted under
any heads, that will be impossible from their heterogeneous nature; I must write them down as they arise in my memory.�

Linda wrote: "Here is the full first paragraph, which I think you will enjoy:

"The Last Generation in England (1849)

I have just taken up by chance an old number of the Edinburgh Review (April 1848), in which ..."

This quotation provides an excellent frame for the Cranford papers and documents both intent and purpose. Even the title "The Last Generation in England" is instructive.

A very valuable find, indeed.

Not only does the paragraph we're considering indicate Gaskell's intent and purpose, but it also shows the "casual " approach to chronological order we have noted in her early fictional papers.

Linda wrote: "Some notes from Cranford

�...where, as he often told his customers, Queen Adelaide had appeared, only the very week before, in a cap exactly like the one he showed them, trimmed with yellow and b..."

Linda

Mystery solved. Thanks to Haaze, the question of where the passage comes from is The Pickwick Papers, near the end of Chapter 32.

This helps anchor the timeline somewhat as our hunt for "swarry" took us to Chapter 37.

Congratulations on solving that mystery, Peter. Pickwick Papers again! This time in her father's comment.

I was reminded of how these historical or biographical references appear in the mouths of other characters when I read the following journal article:

Fowler, Rowena. "Cranford: Cow in Grey Flannel or Lion Couchant?" Studies in English Literature: 1500-1900, Vol. 24, No. 4. Autumn 1984

The writer points out how Gaskell speaks through Signora Brunoni when the latter refers to the Avon .

"She had also been happy and secure at school at Stratford on Avon and in Cranford lent her own memories to Mrs Brown as she trekked beside the Ganges"

Here is the passage.

“and when Phoebe came, and I grew strong again, I set off. It was very lonely; through the thick forests, dark again with their heavy trees—along by the river’s side (but I had been brought up near the Avon in Warwickshire, so that flowing noise sounded like home)—from station to station, from Indian village to village"

Haaze was the real detective in our latest episode of "Track the Reference." I'm glad that we have other members of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ helping us on our journey. As we progress with our hunt I am becoming much more aware of how much inter-textual activity there is in Cranford.

With the direct help and input of Haaze, Everyman and Lily as well as the interest of Clari and perhaps others who are following us along our path I am keeping very energized.

This weekend I plan to spend time reading through back issues of the Gaskell journal to see what else is about.

CRANFORD TIMELINE

Chapter 1 "Our Society" / Literary dispute at party for narrator
Chapter 2 "The Captain" / Brown's death by railroad
Literary sketch "Our Society at Cranford", Household Words, Vol. IV, No. 90 (265-74) Dec. 13, 1851
A fictionalized version of the non-fiction piece, "The Last Generation in England" (1846)
"...the beginning of Cranford was one paper...I never meant to write more..." Letter from Gaskell to John Ruskin, 1865
Knutsford: "Knutsford you know is Cranford, only the people here don't all approve of it being called Cranford." M.A. to C.E. Norton, Knutsford, Sept. 1, 1857
Captain Brown: "Captain Henry Hill came to Knutsford in 1836....It could be said that the character of Captain Brown was inspired by Captain Henry Hill." -
Account of the "swarry": Pickwick Papers, HW, Chapter XXXIII, Feb. 1837 or Chapter XXXVI, Apr. 1837
Railroad deaths: Huskisson (distracted by Duke of Wellington on platform), 1830; other persons struck by moving train in 1839, 1846, 1846

Chapter 3 "A love affair of long ago"/ Miss Matty's encounter with Mr. Holbrook
Chapter 4 "A visit to an old bachelor" / Dinner at Mr. Holbrook's house
Story "A Love Affair at Cranford", Household Words, Vol. IV, No. 93 (349-57) Jan. 3, 1852

Chapter 5 "Old letters" / Miss Matty's burning of old letters
Chapter 6 "Poor Peter" / Peter Jenkyn's disappearance
Paper "Memory at Cranford", Household Words, Vol. IV, No. 103 (588-97) Mar. 13, 1852
Disappearance: Gaskell's brother disappeared

Chapter 7 "Visiting" / Betty Barker's tea party
Chapter 8 "Your Ladyship!" / Mrs. Jamieson's tea party
Paper " Visiting at Cranford", Household Words, Vol. V, No. 106 " (55-64) Apr. 3, 1852
Narrator's age: From 1811-1821, Gaskell was a resident (brought up by aunts) of Knutsford. Age 1-11.

Chapter 9 "Signor Brunoni" / Signor Brunoni's performance at The George
Chapter 10 "The Panic" / Ladies' fears about robbers
Story, first of two parts, "The Great Cranford Panic, 1", Household Words, Vol. VI, No. 146 (390-96) Jan. 8, 1853
Performance: Signoir Blitz at The George, 1830-visitingcheshire.com

Chapter 11 "Samuel Brown" / Signora Brunoni's story
Chapter 12 "Engaged to be married" / Announcement of Lady Glenmire and Mr. Hoggins' engagement
Story, second of two parts, "The Great Cranford Panic, 2", Household Words Vol. VII, No. 147 (413-20) Jan. 15, 1853

Chapter 13 "Stopped Payment" / Miss Matty's payment of a farmer's bill
Story, "Stopped Payment, at Cranford" Household Words, Vol. VII, No. 158 (108-115) Apr. 2, 1853

Chapter 14 "Friends in need" / Miss Matty's friends' secret plan
Paper, "Friends in Need, at Cranford" Household Words, Vol. VII, No. 163 (220-227) May 7, 1853
"I seldom see the Household Words, and I do not even remember if I have written six or seven Cranford papers,-(they have one, the final number, still unprinted... ." Letter from Gaskell to John Forster, May 3, 1853
"I did not know what 'Friends in Need' was, at first; you know the HW people always make titles for me." Letter from Gaskell to John Forster, May 3, 1853

Chapter 15 "A Happy Return" / Miss Matty's tea shop
Chapter 16 "Peace to Cranford" / Peter Jenkyns' return to Cranford
Story "A Happy Return to Cranford", Household Words Vol. VII, No. 165 (277-85) May 21, 1853
Tea shop: "I wrote to you last week on behalf of Mrs. Davenport of Knutsford who wished to apply for relief to the Literary Fund... .[She and her daughter] have tried many ways of earning a subsistence; they have a little shop, taken...in plain sewing, kept a temperance coffee-house, opened a dance-school &c." Letter from Gaskell to Octavian Blewitt, Mar. 22, 1852

"Exactly when Cranford became a novel is an open question. it was referred to...by Dickens and Gaskell in their correspondence as 'the Cranford papers', but that phrase was not used to indicate a title. The early reviewers of the collected papers in a single volume referred to Cranford as sketches of village life....I think Cranford became a novel slowly, over time, and that the illustrations played a key role in making that happen, with George du Maurier's 1864 illustrations providing the first interpretation of Cranford as a novel about the inner life of Miss Matty, and with Hugh Thomson's 1891 illustrations multiplying the lines of narrative coherence and extending the visual characteristics...of England as a nation." -Thomas Recchio, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford: A Publishing History, 2009
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"One of the most popular Victorian novels I try to keep in stock is Cranford, by Mrs. Gaskell (1810 - 1865). A gentle insight into life in mid nineteenth century England, specifically Knutsford in Cheshire, it is as popular today as it was when it first appeared over 150 years ago.
Cranford was first published in book form in 1853, by Chapman & Hall of London. The work had originally been published as a series of stories in various issues of Household Words magazine between 13th December 1851 and 21st May 1853. Household Words was a popular journal started under the editorship of Charles Dickens in 1850. Mrs Gaskell was a favourite of Dickens and a regular contributor....
The collection of these pieces into one novel was originally published anonymously, the title page just listing it as "by the Author of Mary Barton," "Ruth," &c." . A small book (I have recently sold a copy of this first edition. It measured just 6.9 x 4.5 inches), it was issued in an attractive green cloth binding with gilt lettering and blocking on the spine...."- Paul Foster, Bookseller, Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, June 28, 2011

Linda

The project turned out wonderfully well. You have a gift of putting all the separate bits and pieces of the puzzle together so that they all make sense and give us a clear picture of Gaskell's Cranford.

Miss Matty would be very pleased and, I'm sure, invite us over for a good cup of tea.

Peter

Peter

It was so enjoyable sorting through the bits and pieces together, and I feel a lot of satisfaction with how the project turned out. Your readings and observations were essential.

I look forward to that good cup of tea.

Linda

Impressive!