Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Title Wives and Daughters
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_and_Daughters
Credits Charles Aldarondo and Joseph E. Loewenstein
Reading Level Reading ease score: 78.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Young women -- Fiction
Subject Love stories
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Social classes -- Fiction
Subject Children of physicians -- Fiction
Subject Stepfamilies -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 4274
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Feb 20, 2025
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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