- Fiction, Stepfamilies, Children of physicians, Fathers and daughters
The story is about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- First published
- 1867
- Pages
- 622
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, Tuttle Publishing, G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Editions
- 100
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781556858499
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“To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood.”
A British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Elizabeth_Gaskell
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