Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell, Pam Morris, Pam Morris , Pam Morris

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Penguin Classics
30 May 1996

Appearing in the new Classics livery in for the 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 gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.

Wives and Daughters is far more than a nostalgic evocation of village life; it offers an ironic critique of mid-Victorian society

By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Notes by: Pam Morris
Introduction by: Pam Morris
Edited by: Pam Morris
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9780140434781
ISBN 10: 014043478X
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 30 May 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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'smagazine, 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 Mooores University