Very genteel.

I loved this novel, or rather, more of a short story at only 187 pages long. It was gorgeous. Cranford focuses on a group of women, not quite in poverty but not rich by any means, in a town that doesn't age with the rest of the country, stuck in its ways of old. I had a lovely time reading this. Mary Smith was a great narrator, and I'm glad I eventually found out her name! Miss Matty was glorious, her character was brilliant. And the way that the women all banded together and they were a slight mix of classes purely because they all wanted to live the same way was so precious.

Elizabeth Gaskell's writing just makes me fall in love in the best way. I'll be continuing on reading her novels. She's possibly my favourite classical author. I am obsessed.