Wives and Daughters
$24.89
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
30 May 1996
Summary
Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the BBC adaptation of Cranford in 2004.
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 go…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434781 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014043478X |
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell, Pam Morris |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 May 1996 |
| Weight: | 521g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 40mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“No nineteenth-century novel contains a more devastating rejection than this of the Victorian male assumption of moral authority.”
“No nineteenth-century novel contains a more devastating rejection than this of the Victorian male assumption of moral authority.” Pam Morris
About The Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London in 1810 but spent most of her life in Cheshire, Stratford-upon-Avon. She married the Reverend William Gaskell and had four daughters by him. She worked among the poor, travelled frequently and wrote for Dickens’ magazine, Household Words. Elizabeth Gaskell was friends with Charlotte Bronte and consequently went on to write her biography.
Pam Norris is Reader in Literature at Liverpool John Moores University.
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