Wives and Daughters

Written by Elizabeth Gaskell, author of North and South and biographer of Charlotte Bronte. Wives and Daughters was originally published in serial format in Cornhill Magazine from 1864-1866. It follows the events of Molly Gisbson's life when her widower father marries a widow with a grown daughter.


 * Author Existence Failure
 * Blue Blood: Lord and Lady Cumnor and their family, obviously.
 * Doorstopper
 * Love Hurts
 * Missing Mom
 * Secret Relationship: Several.
 * Shout-Out: A Miss Eyre, Molly's governess, in chapter 3. Not the actual Jane Eyre, mind you.
 * Victorian Britain
 * Wicked Stepmother: At least a snooty one.