After doing quite a bit of research, I believe this series is invalid. While Mr. Harrison's Confessions is often described as a "prequel" to Cranford, this is meant not that it is literally part of the same series, but in the sense that Gaskell built on the style and character archetypes developed in Mr. Harrison's Confessions (describing it as a "precursor" would be a better word)—however, the two share no characters or settings (https://shereadsnovels.com/2014/08/28...).
I don't know how this can be "proven", except that nowhere else but Goodreads is this series identified as such, and looking at public domain copies of the text available online (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/394/3...http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/4...) you can see that Mr Harrison does not mention Cranford and Cranford does not mention Mr Harrison.
As such, the books do not meet the qualifications needed to be considered a series on Goodreads, and the series should be deleted.
After doing quite a bit of research, I believe this series is invalid. While Mr. Harrison's Confessions is often described as a "prequel" to Cranford, this is meant not that it is literally part of the same series, but in the sense that Gaskell built on the style and character archetypes developed in Mr. Harrison's Confessions (describing it as a "precursor" would be a better word)—however, the two share no characters or settings (https://shereadsnovels.com/2014/08/28...).
I don't know how this can be "proven", except that nowhere else but Goodreads is this series identified as such, and looking at public domain copies of the text available online (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/394/3... http://www.public-library.uk/ebooks/4...) you can see that Mr Harrison does not mention Cranford and Cranford does not mention Mr Harrison.
As such, the books do not meet the qualifications needed to be considered a series on Goodreads, and the series should be deleted.
Thank you for your help.