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  Wives and Daughters (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Introduction by Pam Morris, Introduction and notes by Pam Morris

  

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  Short Description for Wives and DaughtersMolly Gibson is 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.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 01 January 1997
  • Format: Paperback 720 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Classics | Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780140434781 ISBN 10: 014043478X
  • Sales rank: 187,406

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• 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.