Wives and Daughters

by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn; Handley, Graham; Morris, Pam

• ISBN13: 9780460876513
• ISBN10: 0460876511
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Everyman

Table of Contents

Note on the Author and Editor	x
Acknowledgements	xiii
Chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell's Life and Times	xiv
Introduction	xxvii
Note on the Text	xxxiv
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS
An Every-day Story
The Dawn of a Gala Day	3	(8)
A Novice amongst the Great Folk	11	(15)
Molly Gibson's Childhood	26	(7)
Mr Gibson's Neighbours	33	(9)
Calf-Love	42	(14)
A Visit to the Hamleys	56	(14)
Foreshadows of Love Perils	70	(7)
Drifting into Danger	77	(13)
The Widower and the Widow	90	(8)
A Crisis	98	(17)
Making Friendship	115	(15)
Preparing for the Wedding	130	(9)
Molly Gibson's New Friends	139	(10)
Molly Finds Herself Patronised	149	(14)
The New Mamma	163	(7)
The Bride at Home	170	(10)
Trouble at Hamley Hall	180	(10)
Mr Osborne's Secret	190	(12)
Cynthia's Arrival	202	(11)
Mrs Gibson's Visitors	213	(9)
The Half-Sisters	222	(13)
The Old Squire's Troubles	235	(10)
Osborne Hamley Reviews His Position	245	(8)
Mrs Gibson's Little Dinner	253	(6)
Hollingford in a Bustle	259	(9)
A Charity Ball	268	(17)
Father and Sons	285	(8)
Rivalry	293	(12)
Bush-Fighting	305	(13)
Old Ways and New Ways	318	(8)
A Passive Coquette	326	(8)
Coming Events	334	(13)
Brightening Prospects	347	(7)
A Lover's Mistake	354	(8)
The Mother's Manoeuvre	362	(14)
Domestic Diplomacy	376	(6)
A Fluke, and What Came of It	382	(13)
Mr Kirkpatrick, Q.C.	395	(10)
Secret Thoughts Ooze Out	405	(12)
Molly Gibson Breathes Freely	417	(8)
Gathering Clouds	425	(11)
The Storm Bursts	436	(9)
Cynthia's Confession	445	(9)
Molly Gibson to the Rescue	454	(9)
Confidences	463	(9)
Hollingford Gossips	472	(9)
Scandal and Its Victims	481	(11)
An Innocent Culprit	492	(9)
Molly Gibson Finds a Champion	501	(9)
Cynthia at Bay	510	(12)
`Troubles Never Come Alone'	522	(8)
Squire Hamley's Sorrow	530	(11)
Unlooked-for Arrivals	541	(10)
Molly Gibson's Worth Is Discovered	551	(11)
An Absent Lover Returns	562	(9)
`Off with the Old Love, and on with the New'	571	(8)
Bridal Visits and Adieux	579	(10)
Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects	589	(10)
Molly Gibson at Hamley Hall	599	(9)
Roger Hamley's Confession	608	(19)
Concluding Remarks (by the Editor of the Cornhill Magazine)	621	(6)
Notes	627	(32)
Elizabeth Gaskell and Her Critics	659	(14)
Suggestions for Further Reading	673	(2)
Text Summary	675