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The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled on Knutsford in Cheshire, which Mrs Gaskell knew well. The book has little in the way of plot and is more a series of episodes in the lives of Mary Smith and her friends, Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two spinster sisters. The «major» event in the story is the return to Cranford of their long-lost brother, Peter, which in itself is only a minor portion of the work… (Summary by Wikipedia)
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