Cranford, Chapter 2 - Captain Brown

Relax and enjoy listening to this second chapter of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic novel, which deals with the Brown family: the Captain and his two daughters. Two deaths occur in this chapter so please don't listen if you think this may upset you. You can pick up the story again in Chapter 3: These chapters stand alone as individual sketches of small-town Victorian life.

If you are happy to listen, you will enjoy hearing how Miss Matty, Miss Pole, and the narrator rally round to help, how Miss Jenkyns comes good, and how kind the townspeople are to one another. Even in the thick of tragic events, Gaskell introduces notes of humor and describes examples of human fallibility to make us smile.

For more gently humorous writing you might like Ted the Shed, also available on Free Tracks.

Reviews

I laughed. I cried. I laughed again. - Thank you, Mandy.

Really enjoying listening not at bedtime but while doing chores around the house. Thanks for keeping me company Mandy 🙏🏻

You’ve introduced me to another enjoyable journey! Thank you x

This will require another listen or two to hear the ending, since I fell asleep about halfway through. Life before TV and YouTube …