I appreciated how Gaskell depicted real, disjointed families and in the midst of all the selfishness and scandals we have Miss Molly Gibson, who learns to grow up when her father unexpectedly decides to remarry. The plot of Wives and Daughters is very long and may seem unending at times, but the characters are very interesting. So even though the novel ended abruptly, at least there was a bit of closure. I absolutely loved the ending to North and South, and I so would have enjoyed reading Gaskell’s intended ending for this novel, but fortunately the editor does leave us with some closing remarks about how the author planned the ending.
Gaskell suddenly passed away a mere chapter or two before Wives and Daughters would have been completed. This book was so hard to finish! Not only because I didn’t want it to end, but also because I knew beforehand that Mrs. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford. When he remarries, a new step-sister enters Molly’s quiet life – loveable, but worldly and troubling, Cynthia.
Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centres on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. “How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.”Īlso From This Author: North and South, Cranford
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