Julie in CA Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Any sexual content in the book? Any abuse, physical or emotional? What about Elizabeth Gaskell's other books, or even movies made from her books, any content I should be concerned with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I haven't read The Cranford Chronicles, but I've read others. North and South. Wonderful book and the BBC movie is excellent!! Wives and Daughters. Not as good as North and South (both book and movie), but still terrific. Ruth. This is the one you might want to pre-read. It is an excellent book about God's grace, but the main character spends some time as the mistress of a man and gives birth to a baby out of wedlock. Lots of great things to think about and discuss, though, and the author has a real message to share in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillZ Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The BBC North and South miniseries is excellent! No sexual content at all and no abuse that I can remember. One character does commit suicide, though it's not shown. I loved this miniseries as did DH :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 The North and South miniseries was racy compared to the book. I was pretty scandalized to see the story end with them kissing--at a railway station! In public!! (In the book she hides her head on his shoulder. And ta-da!--they're engaged.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 The North and South miniseries was racy compared to the book. I was pretty scandalized to see the story end with them kissing--at a railway station! In public!! (In the book she hides her head on his shoulder. And ta-da!--they're engaged.) :001_smile: Thanks. I could live with kissing in a railway station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) The North and South miniseries was racy compared to the book. I was pretty scandalized to see the story end with them kissing--at a railway station! In public!! (In the book she hides her head on his shoulder. And ta-da!--they're engaged.) I was scandalized, too! The hussy! :D and he had his shirt collar OPEN! My dds think I'm being too fussy, but really, they would NOT have behaved that way. That being said, I really liked the miniseries and the book, although I felt the book explained a few things better than the miniseries. Wives and Daughters was a great book, too. The miniseries of that kinda made me nuts because the girl who played the main character walked around with her mouth hanging open half the time. And a couple of the other characters were miscast, imnsho. Ooops, sorry, I forgot to answer your original question: no, I don't remember any sax or physical or emotional abuse in either one of these. Elizabeth Gaskell can be counted on to be clean. :) Edited December 17, 2009 by Mothersweets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm reading Cranford Chronicles right now and haven't encountered anything racy or sexual. There certainly isn't anything like that in the movie. It's not really even a love story. It's just the events that happen in a town full of mostly elderly women who want the town to stay simple and not become modernized like the rest of the country. It's a delightful story! North and South and Wives and Daughters are both excellent movies and books as well. Smiles, Shalynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CactusPair Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I read Cranford in college and don't recall anything objectionable. I remember the characters being very self-conscious about the sensuality involved in eating juicy oranges! They had to retire to their rooms, I think, to enjoy them privately! I loved that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Lovely! My dd (13yo) has loved all of Jane Austen, and she's looking for more to read. I think she's already done Wives and Daughters (?), and I was planning to buy her another book for Christmas. There's just not enough time to pre-read everything for all of my dc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Just to say that there's a second series being broadcast in the UK this Christmas. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I was scandalized, too! The hussy! :D and he had his shirt collar OPEN! I know, he wasn't even wearing a neckcloth or a coat, he wasn't dressed! This from the girl who felt that shaking hands with a man was too familiar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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