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1.		Wives and Daughters (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) from Wordsworth Editions Ltd Price: £1.99 Customer Review: If you've seen the adaptation of this neglected classic, then you'll already know the storyline. Suffice to say that the book is even better, because it fleshes out more of the secondary characters, such as Lady Harriet, the Squire and Lady Hamley. What makes the book such a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		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

3.		Cranford : Complete BBC Series [2007] from 2 Entertain Video Price: £9.98 Customer Review: Absolutely brilliant adaptation and a great ensemble cast. I have to single out Eileen Atkins performance as the one which affected me most - the scene where she sits struggling with her ideas of convention as to whether she can attend the funeral in support of her friend is breathtakingly good - so... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		My Lady Ludlow from The Echo Library Price: £6.49 Customer Review: As I was familiar with the book Cranford, it seemed like a good idea after the series to read the 2 other stories woven into the BBC version of the novel: My Lady Ludlow and Mr Harrison's Confessions. If you're contemplating the same thing, don't bother. My Lady Ludlow must be the weakest... more info	Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		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

6.		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

7.		Middlemarch (Wordsworth Classics) from Wordsworth Editions Ltd Price: £1.99 Customer Review: I found this book very long and dull. I enjoyed parts of the story but Often the storytelling is replaced by pages and pages of politics. It has its devotees though and is not entirely without merit so I guess all must judge for themselves. I really wanted to enjoy it but it just didn't press... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy (Penguin Modern Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: £3.99 Customer Review: Fans of the BBC adaptation should give this a wide berth if they are expecting witty tales of honest farm folks told in the style of Catherine Cookson. For example, the Pratt Sisters whose ludicrous antics and matching outfits took up so much of the BBC series, have little more than one page in the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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

10.		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

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