Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, this narrative traces the development of two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford
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Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, this narrative traces the development of two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford
Can't get enough of nineteenth-century British romance? Lovers of books like Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights should give Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters a try. This tale follows the romantic ups and downs of Molly Gibson, a doctor's...
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Can't get enough of nineteenth-century British romance? Lovers of books like Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights should give Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters a try. This tale follows the romantic ups and downs of Molly Gibson, a doctor's daughter who lives in a small English village and is trying desperately to find the right husband
Title; Contents; 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 HallChapter 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 ProspectsChapter XXXIV - A Lover's Mistake; Chapter XXXV - The Mother's Manoeuvre; 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 CulpritChapter 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;
