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Mary Smith: character portrait from Cranford (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)

A character in Cranford

Mary Smith

Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The story's observant first-person narrator, a young unmarried woman who visits Cranford regularly from the manufacturing town of Drumble.

Also known as: Mary

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Meet Mary Smith

Mary Smith is a young unmarried woman from the manufacturing town of Drumble who regularly visits the small English town of Cranford. As the story’s observant first-person narrator, she watches the town’s residents and describes their daily lives, customs, and relationships.

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