Wives and Daughters: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Wives and Daughters is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Wives and Daughters" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel first published serially from 1864 to 1866. Young Molly Gibson's quiet life in a provincial English town transforms when her widowed father remarries, bringing a worldly stepmother and stepsister into their home. As Molly navigates new family dynamics and her friendship with the troubled Hamley family, she discovers hidden marriages, secret debts, and broken promises that threaten the happiness of those she holds dear.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Wives and Daughters
- Author credits: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bildungsromans
- Children of physicians -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Stepfamilies -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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