A character in Cranford
Cranford by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
A plain-spoken, unfashionable yeoman farmer and Miss Matty's rejected suitor of long ago, who dies soon after a rekindled visit.
Inside the story
Mr Holbrook is a plain spoken, unfashionable yeoman farmer who lives outside Cranford. He was once Miss Matty Jenkyns's suitor, but their courtship ended long ago, leaving them with a quiet, distant history.
Elderly bachelor farmer, tall and spare, with a weather-beaten, kindly face and long grey hair; wears plain, old-fashioned country clothes; unpolished but dignified.
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