Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters

An Every-Day Story

CONTENTS

CHAPTERS

PART ONE
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

PART TWO
[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

PART THREE
[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

PART FOUR
[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

PART FIVE
[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]

PART SIX
[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]

PART SEVEN
[Concluding Remarks]

I am deeply indebted to Mr. Michael Larsen (University of Pennsylvania), who has passed this e-text through his own original spell-checker to put the finishing touches upon it.

This e-text and its HTML documents are so devised that they can afford a proof of my own drawing up.

I THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY
II A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK
III MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD
IV MR GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS
V CALF-LOVE
VI A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS
VII FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS
VIII DRIFTING INTO DANGER
IX THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW
X A CRISIS
XI MAKING FRIENDSHIP
XII PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING
XIII MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS
XIV MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONISED
XV THE NEW MAMMA
XVI THE BRIDE AT HOME
XVII TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL
XVIII. MR OSBORNE'S SECRET
XIX CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL
XX MRS GIBSON'S VISITORS
XXI THE HALF-SISTERS
XXII THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES
XXIII OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION
XXIV MRS GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER
XXV HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE
XXVI A CHARITY BALL
XXVII FATHER AND SONS
XXVIII RIVALRY
XXIX BUSH-FIGHTING
XXX OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS
XXXI A PASSIVE COQUETTE
XXXII COMING EVENTS
XXXIII BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
XXXIV A LOVER'S MISTAKE
XXXV THE MOTHER'S MANOEUVRE
XXXVI DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY
XXXVII A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT
XXXVIII MR KIRKPATRICK, Q.C.
XXXIX SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT
XL MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY
XLI GATHERING CLOUDS
XLII THE STORM BURSTS
XLIII CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION
XLIV MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE
XLV CONFIDENCES
XLVI HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS
XLVII SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS
XLVIII AN INNOCENT CULPRIT
XLIX MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION
L CYNTHIA AT BAY
LI TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE
LII SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW
LIII UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS
LIV MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED
LV AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS
LVI OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW
LVII BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX
LVIII REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS
LIX. MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL
LX ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION

CONCLUDING REMARKS (By the Editor of the 'Cornhill Magazine.')

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