Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Transcribed from the 1907 J. M. Dent edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk. Extra proofing by Margaret Price. CRANFORD CHAPTER I–OUR SOCIETY 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