A character in Cranford
Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Jenkyns sisters' long-lost brother, a mischievous boy who ran away after a prank and returns decades later, wealthy and full of tales, from India.
Also known as: Poor Peter, Mr Peter, Aga Jenkyns, the Aga
Inside the story
Peter Jenkyns is the long-lost brother of the Jenkyns sisters, absent from Cranford for decades after running away as a mischievous boy. Now a wealthy man from India, he returns with a store of tales and the old family connection still linking him to his sisters.
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