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  <title><![CDATA[Cranford / Cousin Phillis (Penguin Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Here are two of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novels. 'Cranford' depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village. 'Cousin Phillis' depicts a fleeting love affair in a rural community at a time when old values are being supplanted by the new.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">27</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">1</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1977</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Gaskell]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I watched the BBC &quot;Cranford&quot; DVD set with Judi Dench as Miss Matty.  This got me interested in Elizabeth Gaskell, so I got this book from the library to read.<br/><br/>Elizabeth Gaskell wrote in the same time period as Jane Austen.  She, like Austen, focuses on the tiny and small things ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44624474">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <read_count>6 or is it 7 or 8?? a bunch. :)</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Visiting Cranford is like taking a vacation in the past, a perfect antidote to the drama of the real world. I've had this book on my bedside table for re-reading ever since I watched the mini-series, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I'm also glad to find that it held up well to my memory;the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42787866">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 11 06:29:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 11 06:37:00 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There was a lot I like about these stories.  They were charming, funny, self contained, and the characters were reminiscent of some of the quaint characters inhabiting Jane Austen's books.  It also had the same kind of humour.  The stories aren't really connected, except for by Cranford, where they ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24219646">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 20 23:31:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Found this years ago and adored it then -- and even more as I grow older.  This is a constant re-read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read Cranford. Haven't read Cousin Phillis as of yet.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who likes Jane Austen]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 30 21:14:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cranford is wonderful, Cousin Phillis is just ok...Cranford is a town inhabited and run by lovely, eccentric &quot;Amazons.&quot; Don't go by the PBS version on Masterpiece Theater-- while Dame Judy Dench is amazing as usual, too much is added to an already busy and detailed story.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read the &quot;Cranford&quot; half (couldn't get into &quot;Cousin Phillis&quot; - I'll try again later) and this story is pure sweetness! I could read it again and again. Elizabeth Gaskell has such a great sense of humor....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The reason why I didn't finish this book is because I couldn't get into the book. I read I think at least 5 chapters and I still was bored! I wouldn't recommend this book. Unless you really like boring books! lol! ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it, but not as well as the mini series.  It moves a little slow, but is still a nice story.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Cousin Phillis&quot; is terrific also.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Cranford.]]></body>
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