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Miss Jessie Brown: character portrait from Cranford (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)

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Miss Jessie Brown

Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Captain Brown's devoted, sweet-natured younger daughter who nurses her ailing sister and eventually marries her old suitor Major Gordon.

Also known as: Jessie

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Meet Miss Jessie Brown

Miss Jessie Brown is Captain Brown’s devoted, sweet-natured younger daughter, living with her father and her ailing sister in Cranford. At the story’s outset, she gives much of her time and care to nursing her sister and supporting her family.

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