Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
English
⏱ 27h 15m
61 chapters
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If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book!<br /><br />Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. She was one of the earliest novelists ever to use dialect in her works, finding often that no word but the vernacular would suffice to convey the meaning she wanted to achieve. She was the author of The Life of Charlotte Brontë, a much-acclaimed and sometimes-reviled biography of her friend and peer.<br /><br />Wives and Daughters revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. The novel was first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY
22m
2
A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK
34m
3
MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD
19m
4
MR GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS
31m
5
CALF-LOVE
27m
6
A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS
39m
7
FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS
20m
8
DRIFTING INTO DANGER
35m
9
THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW
26m
10
A CRISIS
55m
11
MAKING FRIENDSHIP
36m
12
PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING
19m
13
MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS
28m
14
MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED
33m
15
THE NEW MAMMA
20m
16
THE BRIDE AT HOME
24m
17
TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL
24m
18
MR OSBORNE'S SECRET
30m
19
CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL
25m
20
MRS GIBSON'S VISITORS
19m
21
THE HALF-SISTERS
30m
22
THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES
31m
23
OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION
23m
24
MRS GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER
16m
25
HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE
24m
26
A CHARITY BALL
49m
27
FATHER AND SONS
19m
28
RIVALRY
32m
29
BUSH-FIGHTING
37m
30
OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS
21m
31
A PASSIVE COQUETTE
22m
32
COMING EVENTS
31m
33
BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
17m
34
A LOVER'S MISTAKE
20m
35
THE MOTHER'S MANOEUVRE
36m
36
DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY
15m
37
A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
37m
38
MR KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.
26m
39
SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT
30m
40
MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY
20m
41
GATHERING CLOUDS
29m
42
THE STORM BURSTS
22m
43
CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION
25m
44
MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE
25m
45
CONFIDENCES
20m
46
HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS
20m
47
SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS
25m
48
AN INNOCENT CULPRIT
20m
49
MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION
20m
50
CYNTHIA AT BAY
27m
51
'TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE'
20m
52
SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW
27m
53
UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS
22m
54
MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED
29m
55
AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS
26m
56
'OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW.'
23m
57
BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX
27m
58
REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
27m
59
MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL
25m
60
ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION
31m
61
Conclusion
13m