Cranford
Online Talk – Cranford Illustrators: which bits did they illustrate?
Zoom online only, United KingdomAs part of the Love Affair with Cranford exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell's House, Anthony Burton returns with a new online talk exploring Cranford’s many illustrators. Surveying thirteen varied artists, he asks why they were attracted to illustrate certain aspects of Elizabeth Gaskell’s work. The cow in flannel pyjamas? Few artists tried this but many depicted Miss Matty burning […]
Autumn Meeting: A Cranford Reader: Margaret Leicester Warren of Tabley House
Knutsford Methodist Church Princess Street, Knutsford, United KingdomThe Joan Leach Memorial LectureA Cranford Reader: Margaret Leicester Warren (1847–1921) of Tabley House Pic: Wikimedia Commons We're delighted to welcome Sarah Webb, a trustee of the Tabley House Collection.In 1861 Margaret Leicester Warren (1847-1921) read Cranford. She was not impressed. This novel of devoted sisters, female friendship and the precariousness of female lives did not appeal to […]