Wives and Daughters

Name: Wives and Daughters
Brand: Wordsworth Editions
SKU: 9781840224160
Price: 5.75 EUR
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Автор: Elizabeth Gaskell

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Wordsworth Editions

Наличност: Външен склад

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

Информация за книгата

Автор

Elizabeth Gaskell

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

1999

страници

624

EAN

9781840224160

ISBN

1840224169

Enbook ID

04250174

Издател

Wordsworth Editions

Теглоt

394

Размери

126 x 197 x 32

Пълно описание

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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