I too read 'Cranford' in January and really enjoyed it - interesting to see how the TV adaptation related to the book. I've got 'Wives and Daughters' by her, but I don't think I'll read it yet. I've just been to the bookshelves to choose February's classic, and finally took down E.M.Forster 'Howard's...

My daughter wanted me to read her 'The Water Babies' when she was about 9 or 10 - I think because we'd seen a cartoon version or maybe listened to a tape. I couldn't remember if I'd read it before, although I knew the story....Anyway, it is very wordy and Victorian (doh) but I think we finished it -...