Play Book Tag discussion

Book 6 Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell ★★★
This is the last of the six that I have read for the listopia challenge, and really suited the theme of Best Adult Female Friendship Books.

Written about a rural community in England during the nineteenth century, this is such a comedy of manners, a social satire, but also really focuses on the affectionate, devoted friendship of the women of Cranford.

Comic misunderstandings, ridiculous caricatures and hilarious dialogue aside, this is a warm tale of how the women compete, accept and support each other while worrying about how to address titled newcomers, the burden of gracefully accepting suddenly reduced circumstances, dressing up livestock, or the necessity of leaving the room to suck oranges in private because it is too unseemly to do so at the breakfast table.

Told in a string of 'episodes,' this is easy to pick up and continue, but did not inspire urgent, unputdownableness. Pleasant enough, laugh-out-loud humor, but not one of my absolute favourites.

I have read this, but too many haircuts ago to remember it properly. I keep meaning to re-read it and your lovely review is a great prompt