The Last Generation in England
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates "The Last Generation in England" is a non-fiction article by Elizabeth Gaskell, published in the American Sartain's Union Magazine in July 1849, relating memories of a small country town in the generation prior to her own. As such, it is seen as the real-life background for her 1853 novel Cranford.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Recognising she was living through a time of great and rapid change, Gaskell was inspired to write the article by reading that the author Robert Southey had himself once considered composing a history of English domestic life.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
External links
- "The Last Generation in England", first page
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