Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell, Chris Christopher

Category: Classic

Tags: Classic, Romance, Literature

Wives and Daughters By: Elizabeth Gaskell Narrated by: Prunella Scales Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 19-09-2006 Language: English Publisher: Audible Studios, Exclusively from Audible, Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford, lost her mother when she was a child. Her father remarries wanting to give Molly the womans presence he feels she lacks. To Molly, any stepmother would have been a shock, but the new Mrs. Gibson is a self-absorbed, petty widow, and Mollys unhappiness is compounded by the realisation that her father has come to regret his second marriage., Although Molly resents her stepmother, she befriends her new step-sister, Cynthia, who is loveable, but worldly and troubling. The audiobook chronicles their maturation into womanhood within the confines of the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford., As Molly matures and falls in love she learns to judge people for what they are, not wh