Wives and Daughters — Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Novel
Book language: English
668 pages

Wives and Daughters is a Victorian novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, an everyday story of Molly Gibson, the daughter of a country doctor. It follows her girlhood, family ties, friendships and courtship in an English town, with a new stepmother and stepsister bringing change. The serial novel was left unfinished at the author's death.

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Contents

WIVES AND DAUGHTERS.
AN EVERY-DAY STORY.
MRS. GASKELL.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY.
CHAPTER II. A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK.
CHAPTER III. MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER IV. MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS.
CHAPTER V. CALF-LOVE.
CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS.
CHAPTER VII. FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS.
CHAPTER VIII. DRIFTING INTO DANGER.
CHAPTER IX. THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW.
CHAPTER X. A CRISIS.
CHAPTER XI. MAKING FRIENDSHIP.
CHAPTER XII. PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING.
CHAPTER XIII. MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XIV. MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED.
CHAPTER XV. THE NEW MAMMA.
CHAPTER XVI. THE BRIDE AT HOME.
CHAPTER XVII. TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL.
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET.
CHAPTER XIX. CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL.
CHAPTER XX. MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS.
CHAPTER XXI. THE HALF-SISTERS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES.
CHAPTER XXIII. OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION.
CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER.
CHAPTER XXV. HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE.

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