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Wives and Daughters

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1866

Original text in English.

A doctor's daughter sees a stepmother and a stepsister she did not choose come into the house.

Novel · 60 parts · about 267 000 words · about 19 h 22 of reading

Contents

1. ITHE DAWN OF A GALA DAY16 min
2. IIA NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK29 min
3. IIIMOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD13 min
4. IVMR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS22 min
5. VCALF-LOVE23 min
6. VIA VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS25 min
7. VIIFORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS13 min
8. VIIIDRIFTING INTO DANGER24 min
9. IXTHE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW16 min
10. XA CRISIS32 min
11. XIMAKING FRIENDSHIP28 min
12. XIIPREPARING FOR THE WEDDING15 min
13. XIIIMOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS20 min
14. XIVMOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED25 min
15. XVTHE NEW MAMMA15 min
16. XVITHE BRIDE AT HOME17 min
17. XVIITROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL20 min
18. XVIIIMR. OSBORNE'S SECRET22 min
19. XIXCYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL19 min
20. XXMRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS16 min
21. XXITHE HALF-SISTERS25 min
22. XXIITHE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES20 min
23. XXIIIOSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION15 min
24. XXIVMRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER11 min
25. XXVHOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE16 min
26. XXVIA CHARITY BALL32 min
27. XXVIIFATHER AND SONS14 min
28. XXVIIIRIVALRY22 min
29. XXIXBUSH-FIGHTING25 min
30. XXXOLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS15 min
31. XXXIA PASSIVE COQUETTE15 min
32. XXXIICOMING EVENTS25 min
33. XXXIIIBRIGHTENING PROSPECTS13 min
34. XXXIVA LOVER'S MISTAKE16 min
35. XXXVTHE MOTHER'S MANŒUVRE26 min
36. XXXVIDOMESTIC DIPLOMACY11 min
37. XXXVIIA FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT26 min
38. XXXVIIIMR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C19 min
39. XXXIXSECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT22 min
40. XLMOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY15 min
41. XLIGATHERING CLOUDS22 min
42. XLIITHE STORM BURSTS16 min
43. XLIIICYNTHIA'S CONFESSION18 min
44. XLIVMOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE18 min
45. XLVCONFIDENCES17 min
46. XLVIHOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS17 min
47. XLVIISCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS21 min
48. XLVIIIAN INNOCENT CULPRIT16 min
49. XLIXMOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION16 min
50. LCYNTHIA AT BAY22 min
51. LI"TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE."16 min
52. LIISQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW21 min
53. LIIIUNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS19 min
54. LIVMOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED21 min
55. LVAN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS17 min
56. LVI"OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW."15 min
57. LVIIBRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX18 min
58. LVIIIREVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS19 min
59. LIXMOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL18 min
60. LXROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION23 min

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