Wives And Daughters (Hardcover)

from mrsdanaalbasha

The novel opens with young Molly Gibson, who has been raised by her widowed father. Visiting the local 'great house', Molly feels tired so she is sent to rest in the former governess's room. The woman, Clare, makes noise about her kindness to Molly, but is actually careless and thoughtless of Mol...

from lit_chick

2006, BBC Audiobooks, Read by Prunella Scales "The autumn drifted away through all its seasons. The golden corn-harvest, the walks through the stubble-fields, and rambles into hazel-copses in search of nuts; the stripping of the apple-orchards of their ruddy fruit, amid the joyous cries and shout...

from wealhtheowwylfing

Molly Gibson is a kind-hearted, intelligent, sensitive girl who is thrown into society when her father, the equally sensible but far more sarcastic Mr.Gibson, marries. His new wife is flighty, hypocritical, and manipulative, but all in such a soft, pliant way that it is difficult to oppose her. W...

from heidip

Well, well, well. I've added Elizabeth Gaskell to the list as one of my favorite authors. This is the first book I've read by her, and I would highly recommend it. Her other books are going on my To Be Read List immediately. Wives and Daughters tells the quaint story of a widower who decides that...

from SheLovesMaisie

Comparisons between Elizabeth Gaskell and Jane Austen are warranted, for Ms. Gaskell's irony is similarly delicate and incisive. Mrs. Gibson's speeches are reminiscent of Austen's more foolish characters. Molly Gibson herself, however, has a straightforward sweetness that much more echoes a Jane ...