{"product_id":"wives-and-daughters","title":"Wives and Daughters","description":"\u003ci\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTremendously popular in her lifetime, \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e has often been overshadowed by her contemporaries the Brontës and George Eliot. Yet the reputation of her long-neglected masterpiece \u003ci\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e continues to grow, fulfilling Henry James's prophecy that the novel would \"continue for years to come to be read and relished . . .so delicately, so elaborately, so artistically, so truthfully, and heartily is the story wrought out.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn enchanting tale of romance, scandal, and intrigue in the gossipy English town of Hollingford around the 1830s, \u003ci\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Molly Gibson, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a widowed country doctor. When her father remarries, she forms a close friendship with her new stepsister--the beautiful and worldly Cynthia--until they become love rivals for the affections of Squire Hamley's sons, Osbourne and Roger. When sudden illness and death reveal some secrets while shrouding others in even deeper mystery, Molly feels that the world is out of joint and it is up to her--trusted by all but listened to by none--to set it right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTRONGAmy M. King is Assistant Professor of English at St. John's University in New York City and the author of \u003ci\u003eBloom: The Botanical Vernacular in the English Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47662628602111,"sku":"*R0019390*","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5274293482755.jpg?v=1765306378","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/wives-and-daughters","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}