Wives and Daughters
A 19th Century, Historical, Romance book. How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging...
Elizabeth Gaskell’s last novel, a tender story of parents, children and step-children, mistakes, and secrets, is considered her masterpiece Set in the watchful, gossiping society of Hollingford, this warm tale of love and longing centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, the spirited, loyal daughter of the local doctor. Their peaceful, close-knit home is turned upside down when he decides to remarry. While Molly struggles to adjust to her snobbish stepmother, she forms a close relationship with her glamorous new stepsister Cynthia. The strength of this...
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- Pages: 656 pages
- ISBN: 9780099540724 / 0
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Pooh! away with love! Nay, my dear, we loved each other so dearly we should never have been happy with any one else; but that's a different thing. People aren't like what they were when we were young. All the love nowadays is just silly fancy, and sentimental romance, as far as I can see. Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters // I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought! Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters // Nay, nay! said the Squire. Its not so easy to break ones heart. Sometimes Ive wished it were. But one has to go on livingall the appointed days, as is said in the Bible. Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters //
As trite as it sounds, if you like Jane Austen, you'll love this Wives and Daughters! A terrific plot and fascinating characters. Gaskell really does a wonderful job of portraying life and love among the country folk in provincial England. There's a touch of mystery and villainy, and a good bit of humor too; and one can't but fall head-over-heels... This 1865 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, who also wrote the lovely North and South, is a pleasant but rather leisurely and lengthy tale of the personalities that inhabit an English country town in about the 1830's. The novel centers around Molly Gibson, the quiet and somewhat passive, but deeply sensitive, daughter of a widowed country... Wives and Daughters is Elizabeth Gaskell at her finest. Written in the year preceding her death, the novel unfortunately never got finished. However, it is amazingly enjoyable, and makes one of the best love stories, as well as an excellent social commentary. Little Molly Gibson, who lives with her widowed father, suddenly has the opportunity...
