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Aug 24, 2019 Hannah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-books, new-authors-2019, tbr-2019-marathon-tbr, stand-alone-2019, 2019-challenge, classics-2019, oldies-2019, zz-elizabeth-gaskell

An epic novel of English country life in the 1830s. I loved Molly and most of the people around her. What a talented writer Gaskell was—the characters seem to practically come alive. I’ll definitely read more of her books in the future!

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Aug 21, 2019 Andrea Cox rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1820s, teachers, 2022-ccc-readathons, 2018-100-wonders-spell-outs, 2019-total-for-the-year, babies-and-children, 2022-ccc-22x22, season-summer, stepparents, widowers

It’s a wonder I’d never heard of this novel prior to stumbling across an audio version at Half Price Books. What a charmer! The rich, heartfelt tale of family, friends, and community is adorable and precious as well as vivid and enthusiastic. Were Kate Winslet still in her early twenties, it would be great fun to see her portray Molly or Cynthia. Oh, the passion of those characters! They are such emotional creatures, which I absolutely love.

Content: profanity (a handful), expletives (not many), ...more

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Feb 13, 2021 Jess Penhallow rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: libby, uk, 19th-century

The first thing I want to highlight is that this book is unfinished. It didn't affect my enjoyment too much as it seemed to be very close to a natural ending but I wasn't aware of this before going in so it did come as a surprise.

Despite the abrupt ending I really enjoyed this classic. It was my first time reading a book set in The Midlands in this time period and a great insight into middle-class country life. Gaskell is a fantastic writer, the descriptions of the setting really come alive and ...more

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Nov 08, 2018 Kristin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, 5000-books, own-nook, victorian

I finished this book just after November started for Victober. I really enjoyed this book, especially because I read her first novel and it was interesting to see how her style has matured. Elizabeth Gaskell excels at giving the reader rich characters that I care about. She develops her plots well and pushes the story along with strong narrative.

In Wives and Daughters, we see the main character growing up from the time she is a tween to a young adult. Unfortunately she has her future controlled ...more

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