Wives and Daughters
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Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters

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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, learning the elder's dark secret while falling in love with the younger. But her father has remarried in her absence, and in addition to a selfish and ambitious stepmother, Molly has acquired a stepsister who quickly becomes a rival for the younger Hamley's affections.
Molly's strikingly realistic coming-of-age story, recounted with humor and pathos, depicts the consequences of both good and bad marriages as well as the dynamics of changing relationships within family. Elizabeth Gaskell develops timeless themes of friendship, love, money, and tragedy amid a portrait of a rapidly changing Victorian world. Her richly drawn characters and their preoccupation with social behavior and moral issues provide thought-provoking entertainment in the manner of Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot.

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Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9780486827513
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Chapter I. The Dawn of a Gala Day
  6. Chapter II. A Novice Amongst the Great Folk
  7. Chapter III. Molly Gibson’s Childhood
  8. Chapter IV. Mr. Gibson’s Neighbours
  9. Chapter V. Calf-Love
  10. Chapter VI. A Visit to the Hamleys
  11. Chapter VII. Foreshadows of Love Perils
  12. Chapter VIII. Drifting into Danger
  13. Chapter IX. The Widower and the Widow
  14. Chapter X. A Crisis
  15. Chapter XI. Making Friendship
  16. Chapter XII. Preparing for the Wedding
  17. Chapter XIII. Molly Gibson’s New Friends
  18. Chapter XIV. Molly Finds Herself Patronised
  19. Chapter XV. The New Mamma
  20. Chapter XVI. The Bride at Home
  21. Chapter XVII. Trouble at Hamley Hall
  22. Chapter XVIII. Mr. Osborne’s Secret
  23. Chapter XIX. Cynthia’s Arrival
  24. Chapter XX. Mrs. Gibson’s Visitors
  25. Chapter XXI. The Half-Sisters
  26. Chapter XXII. The Old Squire’s Troubles
  27. Chapter XXIII. Osborne Hamley Reviews his Position
  28. Chapter XXIV. Mrs. Gibson’s Little Dinner
  29. Chapter XXV. Hollingford in a Bustle
  30. Chapter XXVI. A Charity Ball
  31. Chapter XXVII. Father and Sons
  32. Chapter XXVIII. Rivalry
  33. Chapter XXIX. Bush-Fighting
  34. Chapter XXX. Old Ways and New Ways
  35. Chapter XXXI. A Passive Coquette
  36. Chapter XXXII. Coming Events
  37. Chapter XXXIII. Brightening Prospects
  38. Chapter XXXIV. A Lover’s Mistake
  39. Chapter XXXV. The Mother’s Manœuvre
  40. Chapter XXXVI. Domestic Diplomacy
  41. Chapter XXXVII. A Fluke, and What Came of it
  42. Chapter XXXVIII. Mr. Kirkpatrick, Q.C.
  43. Chapter XXXIX. Secret Thoughts Ooze Out
  44. Chapter XL. Molly Gibson Breathes Freely
  45. Chapter XLI. Gathering Clouds
  46. Chapter XLII. The Storm Bursts
  47. Chapter XLIII. Cynthia’s Confession
  48. Chapter XLIV. Molly Gibson to the Rescue
  49. Chapter XLV. Confidences
  50. Chapter XLVI. Hollingford Gossips
  51. Chapter XLVII. Scandal and its Victims
  52. Chapter XLVIII. An Innocent Culprit
  53. Chapter XLIX. Molly Gibson Finds a Champion
  54. Chapter L. Cynthia at Bay
  55. Chapter LI. “Troubles Never Come Alone”
  56. Chapter LII. Squire Hamley’s Sorrow
  57. Chapter LIII. Unlooked-For Arrivals
  58. Chapter LIV. Molly Gibson’s Worth is Discovered
  59. Chapter LV. An Absent Lover Returns
  60. Chapter LVI. “Off with the Old Love, And on with the New”
  61. Chapter LVII. Bridal Visits and Adieux
  62. Chapter LVIII. Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects
  63. Chapter LIX. Molly Gibson at Hamley Hall
  64. Chapter LX. Roger Hamley’s Confession
  65. Concluding Remarks

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