Cranford

Mary Smith arrives to visit her friends Matilda and Deborah Jenkins in the provincial town of Cranford. The majority of the local population consists of widows and old maidens. Their social life is governed by a strict code of mandatory rules, orders, and customs. The local men—traders and craftsmen—are largely ignored by the prim and chaste female society. However, when a retired army captain Brown appears in the town, he immediately attracts the attention of all the unmarried ladies…