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Wives and Daughters. Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships - father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter - all tested and strained by the romantic entanglements that ensue.
Jul 1, 2003 · Wives and Daughters Credits: Charles Aldarondo and Joseph E. Loewenstein Language: English: LoC Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature: Subject: England -- Fiction Subject: Young women -- Fiction Subject: Love stories Subject: Domestic fiction Subject: Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Subject: Bildungsromans Subject: Social ...
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Nov 29, 2017 · Books. Wives and Daughters. Elizabeth Gaskell. Courier Dover Publications, Nov 29, 2017 - Fiction - 640 pages. Molly Gibson is a small-town girl in England during the 1830s, kind-hearted but unwise in the ways of the world. Her widower father sends her to stay with the aristocrats of Hamley Hall, where she befriends both of the family's sons ...
Oct 31, 2010 · Wives and Daughters. Elizabeth Gaskell. Random House, Oct 31, 2010 - Fiction - 656 pages. This tender story of parents, children and step-children, mistakes and secrets was Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel and is considered her masterpiece. Set in the watchful society of Hollingford, this is a warm tale of love and longing.
About Wives and Daughters. A story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the confines of a watchful, gossiping English village during the early nineteenth century When seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson’s widowed father remarries, her life is turned upside down by the arrival of her vain, manipulative stepfather.
Dec 26, 2001 · Wives and Daughters was first published serially in the Cornhill Magazine from August, 1864, to January, 1866. Elizabeth Gaskell died suddenly in November, 1865. She had completed all but the last chapter, and in that sense the book, which many consider her masterpiece, is unfinished.
