Cranford Chapter 12 - Engaged to Be Married

from The Elizabeth Gaskell Library · host Elizabeth Gaskell

In which the curious ladies of Cranford, amid their gentle gossip and keen observations, grapple with startling news of a proposed marriage that unsettles their social constancies and provokes a flutter of excitement and speculation. Meanwhile, quiet inquiries are made into the mysterious fate of a distant acquaintance, yet the intertwining of fact and fancy among the good townswomen reveals more about their own characters than about the truth they seek.

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