# Mary Smith — Cranford character guide

> Mary Smith in Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** I, myself, Mary, Mary Smith

**First appearance:** 0000-i-our-society

## Who they are

The observant narrator and friend who chronicles the lives of Cranford's ladies.

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