Wives and Daughters

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 · 61 chapters

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