![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gibson is a model of sometimes stoic and other times wry forbearance. Gibson’s second wife is a vain, somewhat dotty, social climber, so blind to anything outside her limited agenda that she has raised selective perception to an art form. The ambiance within the Gibson household is reminiscent of the atmosphere within the Bennett home in Pride and Prejudice. An acute and often satirical observer of the society around her, an engaging chronicler of Victorian manners, mores and morality and the interplay among the classes, in Wives and Daughters, her last novel, she relates the story of Molly Gibson, from the unfortunate loss of her mother in early childhood through her likely engagement to a most deserving gentleman. Gaskell follows in the footsteps of Jane Austen but leaves her own distinct prints on the body of British literature. Titles by Elizabeth Gaskell Titles by Elizabeth Gaskell Cousin Phillis (unabridged) Cranford (unabridged) North and South (abridged) North and South (unabridged) Wives and Daughters (abridged) Wives and Daughters (unabridged) Reviews ![]()
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