Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell : With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel, which is widely regarded as her greatest work, follows the lives of two families in rural England during the nineteenth century. At the heart of the novel are the complex and strained relationships between family members – fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, and stepmothers and stepdaughters – all tested by the romantic entanglements that arise.