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I absoultely loved the BBC production of Cranford and decided I should read the stories. The collection I found actually contained Cranford, Dr. Harrison's Confessions, The Doom of the Griffiths, Lois the Witch, Curious if true, Six weeks at Heppenheim and Cousin Philis.
I loved Cranford, it was a story about nice people, being good to each other with a happy ending and it was still wonderful! There was tragedy, but it was so amusing and tender and I just loved the way it was written. The characters were hilarious. It felt like the opposite of Madame Bovary in many ways as here was a good life in the countryside.
Dr Harrison's confessions was also adopted for the BBC adaptaion, (though the book I was reading did lack Lady Ludlow, which I've since borrowed from work). I enjoyed it very much, though it did seem to get a tad over silly towards the end. Good fun but I think I preferred the female narrator of Cranford.
The Doom of the Griffiths was quiet good, I enjoyed the gothicness of it all, but the characters were lacking in depth.
Lois the witch though was also fantastic. I felt that she really gave a great sense of the claustrophobia of a small insular religious community and it was creepy as fuck! Even though Lois was a good Christian, albeit a mild English protestant, I liked her and really enjoyed the story.
Curious if true was entertaining but also quiet silly. Six weeks at Heppenheim and Cousin Philis were both ok, and I didn't enjoy them as much as the others. Still it wasn't enough to put me off and I went and borrowed 2 more of Mrs. Gaskell's books from work. On the whole I thought she was strongest when writing about the women characters, or from a women's point of view, and those stories I enjoyed the most. Would definitely recommend Cranford and Lois the witch.
I loved Cranford, it was a story about nice people, being good to each other with a happy ending and it was still wonderful! There was tragedy, but it was so amusing and tender and I just loved the way it was written. The characters were hilarious. It felt like the opposite of Madame Bovary in many ways as here was a good life in the countryside.
Dr Harrison's confessions was also adopted for the BBC adaptaion, (though the book I was reading did lack Lady Ludlow, which I've since borrowed from work). I enjoyed it very much, though it did seem to get a tad over silly towards the end. Good fun but I think I preferred the female narrator of Cranford.
The Doom of the Griffiths was quiet good, I enjoyed the gothicness of it all, but the characters were lacking in depth.
Lois the witch though was also fantastic. I felt that she really gave a great sense of the claustrophobia of a small insular religious community and it was creepy as fuck! Even though Lois was a good Christian, albeit a mild English protestant, I liked her and really enjoyed the story.
Curious if true was entertaining but also quiet silly. Six weeks at Heppenheim and Cousin Philis were both ok, and I didn't enjoy them as much as the others. Still it wasn't enough to put me off and I went and borrowed 2 more of Mrs. Gaskell's books from work. On the whole I thought she was strongest when writing about the women characters, or from a women's point of view, and those stories I enjoyed the most. Would definitely recommend Cranford and Lois the witch.