Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth
Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth

Wives and Daughters

A story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the confines of a watchful, gossiping English village during...
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Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
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Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth

Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth

Wives and Daughters

$24.46
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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. She also acquires an intriguing new stepsister, Cynthia, glamorous, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. The two girls begin to confide in one another and Molly soon finds herself a go-between in Cynthia's love affairs - but in doing so risks losing both her own reputation and the man she secretly loves. Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel - considered to be her finest - demonstrates an intelligent and compassionate understanding of human relationships, and offers a witty, ironic critique of mid-Victorian society.

This text is based on the 1866 Cornhill Magazine version of the novel. It also includes notes on textual variants between this edition and the original manuscript, a note on the story's ending and an introduction discussing the novel's challenging investigation of themes of Englishness, Darwinism and masculine authority.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 01/01/1997
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780140434781
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London in 1810 but spent most of her life in Cheshire, Stratford-upon-Avon. She married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters by him. She worked among the poor, travelled frequently and wrote for Dickens'smagazine, Household Words. Elizabeth Gaskell was friends with Charlotte Bronte and consequently went on to write her biography.

Pam Norris is Reader in Literature at Liverpool John Mooores University
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