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Wives and Daughters

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Wives and Daughters

By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
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Penguin Classics presents Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Penelope Wilton.

"Eh, miss, but that is a rare young lady! She does have such pretty coaxing ways...."

Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow, and selfish stepmother. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister, Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. Soon the girls become close, and Molly finds herself cajoled into becoming a go-between in Cynthia’s love affairs. But in doing so, Molly risks ruining her reputation in the gossiping village of Hollingford - and jeopardizing everything with the man she is secretly in love with.

Part of a series of vintage recordings taken from the Penguin Archives. Affordable, collectable, quality productions - perfect for on-the-go listening.

©2012 Elizabeth Gaskell (P)2012 Penguin Audio Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

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Penelope Wilton does a fantastic job of reading this one, her characters have accents to easy identify who is saying what line and she brings the story to life.
The story is a classic, it's a story about a young girl who has to adapt to living with a new step mother and sister, she becomes great friends with the squire and his sons, holds great secrets and may even fall in love. The main characters bring a lot of interest and one brings a lot of drama too, which is fantastic. The ending however, was quite flat and left the reader having to infer Molly's future. I personally, would have preferred a different ending.

Another great story by Elizabeth Gaskell

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Very well read. A delight to listen to. The time just flew by listening to this.

Just lovely!

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