"In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his hip, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford."

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About Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell was an English novelist and short-story writer of the Victorian era. She is known for works such as Mary Barton, Cranford, and North and South. She also wrote an influential biography of Charlotte Bronte.

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