Wives and Daughters
1864–1866 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novel. For the TV series based on the novel, see Wives and Daughters (1999 TV series).
Wives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story is a novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. It was partly written whilst Gaskell was staying with the salon hostess Mary Elizabeth Mohl at her home on the Rue de Bac in Paris.[1] When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood.
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Author | Elizabeth Gaskell |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Romance novel |
Published | Serialized: August 1864 to January 1866; book 1866 |
Publisher | Cornhill Magazine (serial); Smith, Elder and Company, book |
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Preceded by | Sylvia's Lovers |
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The story is about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.