![]() ![]() (Summary from Wikipedia)įor further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood. The novel was first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. Wives and Daughters revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. After the film ended, I had to pause and reflect. ![]() Wives and Daughters presents us with a slice of life as it was 175 years ago. In the film, the main character, Molly Gibson, is preciously played by the fine actress, Justine Waddell. She was the author of The Life of Charlotte Brontë, a much-acclaimed and sometimes-reviled biography of her friend and peer. Elizabeth Gaskells Wives and Daughters is a story of romance, scandal and intrigue within the confines of a watchful, gossiping English village during the early nineteenth century.This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Pam Morris. The story comes from a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) that was not quite finished when she suddenly died. She was one of the earliest novelists ever to use dialect in her works, finding often that no word but the vernacular would suffice to convey the meaning she wanted to achieve. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book! LibriVox recording of Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell. ![]()
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