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Miss Pole: character portrait from Cranford (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell)

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Miss Pole

Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

A brisk, inquisitive spinster and inveterate gatherer of Cranford gossip and theories, self-styled brave during the town's robbery panic.

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Miss Pole is a brisk, inquisitive spinster and one of Cranford’s keenest collectors of gossip. She moves through the town gathering news and theories about its people, and during a local robbery panic presents herself as a brave and watchful resident.

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