Cranford is one of the better-known books of the 19th-century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. A collection of comic sketches serialized in Charles Dickens's journal Household Words, these tales look to sympathetically portray changing small-town customs and values. Harkening back to memories of her childhood in the small Cheshire town of Knutsford, Cranford is an attempt to portray an affectionate picture of a class and customs already becoming anachronisms. This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents. This edition has also been illustrated and annotated, with additional information about Cranford and also Elizabeth Gaskell, including an overview, plot, characters, adaptations biographical and bibliographical information.