<p><b>The leading ladies of the small town of Cranford have kept the locals in line with the manners and tastes they catered for years, but when a newcomer moves into town, their rules are challenged, threatening to change the town for good.</b> Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's </i>Cranford</i> is humorous slice-of-life novel that tracks the changes of a 19th century English town. </p>
