I can't remember the last time I read a more perfect book. The book itself has but one flaw, though, it is INCOMPLETE. I knew this when I started, but I was still not prepared for it to end.Elizabeth Gaskell is a genius at making a town and its inhabitants come to life. From the vain, intolerable Mr...
Meghan and I chose this as a monthly read before we were aware of either its girth or the fact that it was unfinished. I was not amused upon learning this last tidbit especially, but thanks to a rigid sense of duty (and money already spent) I didn’t back down. I was buoyed by my one and only other...
Wives and Daughters is a lovely book, centering on the romantic and personal lives of Mary "Molly" Gibson and her stepsister, the beautiful, most accomplished Cynthia Kirkpatrick.I enjoyed this book quite a lot, as it centers on the lifes of two young women, who are both coming to the age to marry. ...
3.5 stars. I feel like a jerk for giving the book such a low rating, but I can't help it. It is too much like a cheesy soap opera to me, because I don't really like most of the characters. I do, of course, like Molly and I want her to be happy...but Roger? I don't like the dude shockingly enough. He...
This is the work that got me hooked on Elizabeth Gaskell and wish that she was as well received and remembered as Austin or the Brontes. Indeed, this work feels almost like a cross between the two types of authors, which is to say that Wives and Daughters may be limited to the gentry class of the 18...
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