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1.		North and South from Penguin Classics Price: £2.00 Customer Review: I have not seen the TV adaptation of North and South and only picked up the book because it was a present. I'm so glad I did. I was spellbound within a few pages. Elizabeth Gaskell, who I would also compare favourably with Jane Austen, is a brilliant writer. Her use of words conjure vivid... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The Cranford Chronicles (Vintage Classics) from Vintage Classics Price: £4.19	Click here for more information

3.		Cranford and Selected Short Stories (Wordsworth Classics) from Wordsworth Editions Ltd Price: £1.99	Click here for more information

4.		Ruth (Penguin Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: £6.74 Customer Review: i have read this a couple of times now and it's beautiful. Combines the nasty realities of life with touching sentiment and beautifully crafted characters. Story follows a familiar theme with the lovely kind poor girl and rich cad....i don't want to spoil it...but it follows her through, the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Cranford (Oxford World's Classics) from Oxford Paperbacks Price: £4.99 Customer Review: Cranford wasn't originally a novel but a series of occasional articles appearing in 'Household Words'. Due to this the book as a whole does not really hold up to being a complete novel, however it does make a good read. The village of Cranford is run more or less by women, with only a few male... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Wives And Daughters [1999] from 2 Entertain Video Price: £6.98 Customer Review: Impeccable acting. Speech and deportment faultless. How nice to be able to hear every word spoken, unlike some recent Austen adaptations, e.g. Kate Beckinsale and Keira Knightley, both of whom were far too 21st century slovenly.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		North And South : Complete BBC Series from 2 Entertain Video Price: £7.98 Customer Review: Beautiful, sensual, violent on the senses and serious. Additive, riveting and gorgeous. If you want a real period drama, this really is it. The acting is superb, the camera work beautiful and the scene when Richard Armitage stands at the window and says 'look back at me...' oh my. Viewers you are in... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Mary Barton (Oxford World's Classics) from OUP Oxford Price: £5.49 Customer Review: Mary Barton is one of those books that sometimes makes for uncomfortable reading, because it is so sad and the era so bleak...however...it is also heart warming, full of characters that you truly get to know and love and necessary as an evocative history of that period. I would totally recommend it,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Cranford from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Price: £4.16 Customer Review: I bought this after seeing the wonderful series on BBC 1 staring Judy Dench, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon and so many others. It is never a good idea to read the book before or after watching something dramatised - either on TV or film and I suppose this is no different. (The book is usually... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Sylvia's Lovers (Penguin Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: £6.49 Customer Review: this is a true classic in every sense....beautiful characters, tragedy and joy, elation and despair...it is emotional rollercoaster in book and i highly recommend it. Don't let the size put you off, it is brilliant throughout	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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