Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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Summary

Set in a provincial town in the early-19th-century, this is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms. The heroine passes from childhood to maturity in a process that, though often painful for her, is sharply and humorously observed.

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Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Set in a provincial town in the early-19th-century, this is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms. The heroine passes from childhood to maturity in a process that, though often painful for her, is sharply and humorously observed.
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) began her writing career writing for Dickens's magazine Household Words and came to be an extremely successful and popular novelist.
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ISBN 13 9780141439310
ISBN 10 0141439319
Title Wives and Daughters
Author Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Series Penguin Summer Classics S
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2002-06-06
Number of pages 720
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.