Wives and Daughters
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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865), was a Victorian British writer. Her novels are fascinating to historians because they offer detailed portraits of people from every social class and she uses colloquialisms of the period. Of course, her books are also loved by a far wider audience for their moving stories, powerful relationships, social concern and the exploration of male authority. Her six novels are contained within two In Volume Mary Barton, Cranford, Ruth and North and South In Volume Sylvia's Lovers and Wives and Daughters
Chapters (68)
- WIVES AND DAUGHTERS.
- AN EVERY-DAY STORY.
- MRS. GASKELL.
- WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE DU MAURIER.
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY.
- CHAPTER II. A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK.
- CHAPTER III. MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD.
- CHAPTER IV. MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS.
- CHAPTER V. CALF-LOVE.
- CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS.
- CHAPTER VII. FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS.
- CHAPTER VIII. DRIFTING INTO DANGER.
- CHAPTER IX. THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW.
- CHAPTER X. A CRISIS.
- CHAPTER XI. MAKING FRIENDSHIP.
- CHAPTER XII. PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING.
- CHAPTER XIII. MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER XIV. MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED.
- CHAPTER XV. THE NEW MAMMA.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE BRIDE AT HOME.
- CHAPTER XVII. TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL.
- CHAPTER XVIII. MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET.
- CHAPTER XIX. CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL.
- CHAPTER XX. MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE HALF-SISTERS.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION.
- CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER.
- CHAPTER XXV. HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. A CHARITY BALL.
- CHAPTER XXVII. FATHER AND SONS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. RIVALRY.
- CHAPTER XXIX. BUSH-FIGHTING.
- CHAPTER XXX. OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A PASSIVE COQUETTE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. COMING EVENTS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A LOVER'S MISTAKE.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE MOTHER'S MANŒUVRE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. MR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT.
- CHAPTER XL. MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY.
- CHAPTER XLI. GATHERING CLOUDS.
- CHAPTER XLII. THE STORM BURSTS.
- CHAPTER XLIII. CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION.
- CHAPTER XLIV. MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XLV. CONFIDENCES.
- CHAPTER XLVI. HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS.
- CHAPTER XLVII. SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. AN INNOCENT CULPRIT.
- CHAPTER XLIX. MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION.
- CHAPTER L. CYNTHIA AT BAY.
- CHAPTER LI. "TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE."
- CHAPTER LII. SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW.
- CHAPTER LIII. UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS.
- CHAPTER LIV. MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED.
- CHAPTER LV. AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS.
- CHAPTER LVI. "OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW."
- CHAPTER LVII. BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX.
- CHAPTER LVIII. REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS.
- CHAPTER LIX. MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL.
- CHAPTER LX. ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS:
- [By the Editor of The Cornhill Magazine.]
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