Inside the story
Meet Mrs Forrester
Mrs Forrester is a gentle, elderly widow living in Cranford with very limited means but a strong sense of refined manners. She carefully maintains the genteel forms valued by the town’s women, even as her poverty makes daily life difficult, and she is notably timid when ghosts are mentioned.
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Elderly gentlewoman in faded but carefully kept genteel mourning dress and a widow's cap; small, mild, timid presence.
