Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell and Angus Easson

Abstract

Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell’s last novel, is regarded by many as her masterpiece. Molly Gibson is the daughter of the doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford. Her widowed father marries a second time to give Molly the woman’s presence he feels she lacks, but until the arrival of Cynthia, her dazzling step-sister, Molly finds her situation hard to accept. Intertwined with the story of the Gibsons is that of Squire Hamley and his two sons; as Molly grows up and falls in love she learns to judge people for what they are, not what they seem. Through Molly’s observations the hierarchies, social values, and social changes of early nineteenth-century English life are made vivid in a novel that is timeless in its representation of human relationships. This edition, the first to be based in the original Cornhill Magazine serialization of 1864–6, draws on a full collation of the manuscript to present the most accurate text so far available.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

ISBN:: 9780199538263

DOI:: 10.1093/owc/9780199538263.001.0001

Authors

Elizabeth Gaskell, author

Angus Easson, editor

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Front Matter
Wives and Daughters: An Every-Day Story
- Chapter I the dawn of a gala dayElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter II a novice amongst the great folkElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter III molly gibson’s childhoodElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter IV mr gibson’s neighboursElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter V calf-loveElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter VI a visit to the hamleysElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter VII foreshadows of love perilsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter VIII drifting into dangerElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter IX the widower and the widowElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter X a crisisElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XI making friendshipElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XII preparing for the weddingElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XIII molly gibson’s new friendsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XIV molly finds herself patronizedElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XV the new mammaElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XVI the bride at homeElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XVII trouble at hamley hallElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XVIII mr osborne’s secretElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XIX cynthia’s arrivalElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XX mrs gibson’s visitorsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXI the half-sistersElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXII the old squire’s troublesElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXIII osborne hamley reviews his positionElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXIV mrs gibson’s little dinnerElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXV hollingford in a bustleElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXVI a charity ballElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXVII father and sonsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXVIII rivalryElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXIX bush-fightingElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXX old ways and new waysElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXI a passive coquetteElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXII coming eventsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXIII brightening prospectsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXIV a lover’s mistakeElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXV the mother’s manŒuvreElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXVI domestic diplomacyElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXVII a fluke, and what came of itElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXVIII mr kirkpatrick, q.c.Elizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XXXIX secret thoughts ooze outElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XL molly gibson breathes freelyElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLI gathering cloudsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLII the storm burstsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLIII cynthia’s confessionElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLIV molly gibson to the rescueElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLV confidencesElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLVI hollingford gossipsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLVII scandal and its victimsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLVIII an innocent culpritElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter XLIX molly gibson finds a championElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter L cynthia at bayElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LI ‘troubles never come alone’Elizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LII squire hamley’s sorrowElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LIII unlooked-for arrivalsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LIV molly gibson’s worth is discoveredElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LV an absent lover returnsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LVI ‘off with the old love, and on with the new.’Elizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LVII bridal visits and adieuxElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LVIII reviving hopes and brightening prospectsElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LIX molly gibson at hamley hallElizabeth Gaskell
- Chapter LX roger hamley’s confessionElizabeth Gaskell
- Elizabeth Gaskell
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- Textual Variants

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