A character in Cranford
Cranford by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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
Inside the story
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.
Young early-Victorian woman of neat, practical, unshowy dress; plain sensible bonnet and modest gown; kindly, watchful expression.
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