Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Wives and Daughters
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
22 November 1999
Pages
624
ISBN
9781840224160

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Gaskell’s last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships
father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter
all tested and strained by the romantic entanglements that ensue. Despite its underlying seriousness, the prevailing tone is one of comedy. Gaskell vividly portrays the world of the late 1820s and the forces of change within it, and her vision is always humane and progressive. The story is full of acute observation and sympathetic character-study: the feudal squire clinging to old values, his naturalist son welcoming the new world of science, the local doctor and his scheming second wife, the two girls brought together by their parent’s marriage
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, nee Stevenson (29 September 1810
12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Bronte. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature

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