A few weeks ago Rantor, a fellow South Austinite, had some kind words to say about my garden post on Tulipa clusiana. Looking through some of his blog entries for the last month, his mention of transcript of Daniel Deronda caught my eye. The transcript is on Mitsuharu Matsuoka's home page at Nagoya University. He's very interested in Victorian English literature including Elizabeth Gaskell. (There's a Gaskell Society of Japan? Who knew?) So he links to Knutsford, which just happens to be the nearest town (about 3 miles) to Mobberley Village where AJM grew up. If you look at the map of Knutsford, you'll see it's basically two main streets that look very much like they did in 1845. The Knutsford site has lots of great photos comparing past and present views. I can hardly wait until our visit this summer.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
April 30, 2003
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Wow. I circled the globe so fast there that my head's still spinning.