Wives and Daughters / Gaskell, Elizabeth

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaskell, Elizabeth

Series:

AUK Revisited, 13

AUK Revisited

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (728 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Andrews UK 2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries a new stepsister, Cynthia, enters Molly's quiet life. Loveable but worldly and troubling, Cynthia's arrival alters Molly's daily life. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford. Wives and Daughters is far more than a nostalgic evocation of village life; it offers an ironic critique of mid-Victorian society

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Wives and Daughters

THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY

A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK

MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD

MR GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS

CALF-LOVE

A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS

FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS

DRIFTING INTO DANGER

THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW

A CRISIS

MAKING FRIENDSHIP

PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING

MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS

MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED

THE NEW MAMMA

THE BRIDE AT HOME

TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL

MR OSBORNE'S SECRET

CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL

MRS GIBSON'S VISITORS

THE HALF-SISTERS

THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES

OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION

MRS GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER

HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE

A CHARITY BALL

FATHER AND SONS

RIVALRY

BUSH-FIGHTING

OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS

A PASSIVE COQUETTE

COMING EVENTS

BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS

A LOVER'S MISTAKE

THE MOTHER'S MANOEUVRE

DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY

A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

MR KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.

SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT

MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY

GATHERING CLOUDS

THE STORM BURSTS

CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION

MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE

CONFIDENCES

HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS

SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS

AN INNOCENT CULPRIT

MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION

CYNTHIA AT BAY

'TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE'

SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW

UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS

MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED

AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS

'OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW.'

BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX

REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS

MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL

ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781849891677

1849891672

OCLC:

697297643