How he did his tricks I could not imagine; no, not even when Miss Pole pulled out her pieces of paper and began reading aloud - or at least in a very audible whisper - the separate 'receipts' for the most common of his tricks. If ever I saw a man frown and look enraged, I saw the Grand Turk frown at Miss Pole; but, as she said, what could be expected but unchristian looks from a a Mussalman?
Gaskell's Cranford is short, witty and feels like an old lady's account journal at times. I read this after reading North and South (loved it) and it really doesn't measure up to N&S. But that isn't Cranford's fault; it was meant to be read in a different way than N&S. Cranford is about CRANFORD a sleepy village-town that houses females only who are mostly either widows or spinsters. It is basically just an account of the happenings of this place told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator. (I found this very interesting).
I won't say I loved it, because I don't. But it certainly is a good lazy read.
Gaskell's Cranford is short, witty and feels like an old lady's account journal at times. I read this after reading North and South (loved it) and it really doesn't measure up to N&S. But that isn't Cranford's fault; it was meant to be read in a different way than N&S. Cranford is about CRANFORD a sleepy village-town that houses females only who are mostly either widows or spinsters. It is basically just an account of the happenings of this place told through the eyes of an unnamed narrator. (I found this very interesting).
I won't say I loved it, because I don't. But it certainly is a good lazy read.
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