Wives and Daughters

Name: Wives and Daughters
Brand: Wordsworth Editions
SKU: 9781840224160
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Autor: Elizabeth Gaskell

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: Wordsworth Editions

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Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nin...

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Autor

Elizabeth Gaskell

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

1999

Stránok

624

EAN

9781840224160

ISBN

1840224169

Enbook ID

04250174

Vydavateľ

Wordsworth Editions

Hmotnosť

394

Rozmery

126 x 197 x 32

Kompletný popis

Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England.? At its core are family relationships - father, daughter and step-mother, father and sons, father and step-daughter - all tested and strained by the romantic entanglements that ensue. Despite its underlying seriousness, the prevailing tone is one of comedy.? Gaskell vividly portrays the world of the late 1820s and the forces of change within it, and her vision is always humane and progressive. The story is full of acute observation and sympathetic character-study:? the feudal squire clinging to old values, his naturalist son welcoming the new world of science, the local doctor and his scheming second wife, the two girls brought together by their parent's marriage...

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