Ep. 679: Cranford | Chapter 1

Book talk begins at 16:10.

We’re diving into a brand-new book, and this one’s got all the charm, wit, and genteel gossip you could ask for!

The reigning queen of propriety, Miss Deborah Jenkyns, has thoughts about everything—from how to properly serve dinner to why men are mostly unnecessary. But when a certain Captain Brown dares to disrupt the delicate social balance, will Cranford’s ladies be able to keep their composure?

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• 03:20 – Actually, we announced the raffle on 4/4/25. More info and entry information here: https://youtu.be/5-G_UP1AL38
• 04:50 – Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography
• Chelsea in London and before the embarkment
• 05:50 – Knutsford, Cheshire
• 06:07 – Young Mr. Gaskell
• 06:37 – Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell
• 06:44 – Other books of Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South, Sylvia’s Lovers, and Wives and Daughters
• 07:31 – Ellen Nussey was THE friend
• 07:50 – The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family and the bookshop.org link
• 10:25 – Penguin Classics Cranford
• 10:42 – The Lawn – her home she never enjoyed
• 12:34 – Gaskell’s house
• 12:41 – Rev. Gaskell’s portrait
• 16:20 – Cranford mini-series
• 16:43 – Imelda Staunton at the musical, ‘Gypsy’ and THIS
• 17:39 – Count of Monte Cristo CraftLit book and The Three Musketeers
• 20:00 – Gigot sleeve
• 21:00 – Crinoline
• 23:26 – Old Manx Laws
• 24:00 – Elegant Economy post WWII book
• 25:05 – Breakfast in Jane Austen’s England by Tasting History with Max Miller
• 25:43 – Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management book
• 25:52 – Mrs. Beeton’s beaded cuffs designed by THE Brenda Dayne
• Alderney cows—now extinct
• 1857 Manual of Domestic Economy
• How to play Preference
• How to play Whist (4 player) and (2 player)
• Jock of Hazeldean
• The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
• Rasselas by Samuel Johnson
• The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
• Boswell’s Life of Johnson by James Boswell and a cool video about it
• The Rambler

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