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Lädt ... Frauen und Töchter (1865)von Elizabeth Gaskell
  
Favourite Books (199) Female Author (96) » 14 mehr Best family sagas (80) Top Five Books of 2016 (243) Books tagged favorites (100) Books Read in 2014 (1,784) Towns and Villages (39) Books Read in 2021 (3,203) Allie's Wishlist (127) Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Wives and Daughters chronicles the maturation of Molly Gibson, a sincere young woman whose widowed father, the town doctor, marries Hyacinth Kirkpatrick, a charming but petty widow and former governess in the household of Lord Cumnor. Although Molly resents her stepmother, she befriends her stepsister Cynthia, who is secretly engaged to Lord Cumnor’s land agent, Mr. Preston. Molly is warmly received at the home of Squire Hamley and his disabled wife. The Hamleys’ two sons are Osborne, a clever but shallow man who marries unwisely and dies young, and Roger, an honest scientist who eventually marries Molly after being engaged to Cynthia, who ultimately weds a London barrister. (  ) Marcos_Augusto | Jan 19, 2022 |  I loved this novel, it was long and at times tedious, but the different story lines meld together at the end...almost, because Mrs. Gaskell died before the final chapters were written. Huge surprise for me...I had no idea there was no definitive ending. The reader can probably guess how it all wraps up....so it was not too disappointing. I enjoy the authentic look into English society of the 1830's. Will be reading more from Mrs. Gaskell. (  ) almin | Nov 9, 2021 | Set in the town of Hollingford in the South of England in the 1820's and 30's this is the story of several county families centering on Molly Gibson, a 17-year-old girl. Molly is close to her father, the local doctor and is distraught when her father remarries. It's only been Molly and her father for years. Molly now gains a step-mother, Hyacinth and a step-sister, Cynthia, a great beauty. As she adjusts to these changes, some challenging and others positive, she mingles with some other families in the district. https://readableword.wordpress.com/2021/05/30/wives-and-daughters-by-elizabeth-g... ( ) Nicky24 | Oct 27, 2021 | Middle class and rural life 1820s mined in detail for class, values, occupations to fill the time. Molly is earnest heroine who suffers step mother and sister's foibles. MarilynKinnon | Aug 15, 2021 | This is the second book I have read by Elizabeth Gaskell and liked it just as much as the first. I did not like the character of scheming, self-absorbed Mrs. Gibson but every other character I did. This was read for a group/buddy read. ( ) Stacy_Krout | Jun 21, 2021 | Gehört zu Verlagsreihen
Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is regarded by many as her masterpiece. Molly Gibson is the daughter of the doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford. Her widowed father marries a second time to give Molly the woman's presence he feels she lacks, but until thearrival of Cynthia, her dazzling step-sister, Molly finds her situation hard to accept. Intertwined with the story of the Gibsons is that of Squire Hamley and his two sons; as Molly grows up and falls in love she learns to judge people for what they are, not what they seem. Through Molly'sobservations the hierarchies, social values, and social changes of early nineteenth-century English life are made vivid in a novel that is timeless in its representation of human relationships.This edition, the first to be based in the original Cornhill Magazine serialization of 1864-6, draws on a full collation of the manuscript to present the most accurate text so far available. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8 — Literature English {except North American} English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4.14)
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