CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers · Heather Ordover
679: In Search of Gentility - Chapter 1 of Cranford
·1 hr 10 min·5 clips
Captain Brown's shocking curse at Dr. Johnson sparks a literary feud in genteel Cranford.
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A slow, useful start to Cranford that makes its social codes legible.
Cranford receives a steady, companionable reading here, with Heather Ordover using Chapter 1 to bring out the social codes as much as the plot.
Why you'd press play
You want Cranford opened slowly, with its references translated as you go and its manners kept intact.
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