A character in Cranford
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
A gentle, impoverished elderly widow of refined manners who clings to genteel forms and is timid about ghosts.
Inside the story
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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