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  • Published: 15 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099540724
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $29.99
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Wives and Daughters





September 2010 is the bicentenary of Gaskell's birth. This tender story of parents, children and step-children, mistakes and secrets was Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel and is considered her masterpiece.


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. Molly Gibson is the spirited, loyal daughter of the local doctor. Their peaceful close-knit home is turned upside down when Molly's father decides to remarry. Whilst Molly struggles to adjust to her snobbish stepmother, she forms a close relationship with her glamorous new stepsister Cynthia. The strength of this friendship is soon tested as their lives become entwined with Squire Hamley and his two sons.

‘Gaskell's work will always be one of the adornments of liberal Britain’ Guardian

  • Published: 15 September 2010
  • ISBN: 9780099540724
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 656
  • RRP: $29.99
Categories:

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