Wives and Daughters

Name: Wives and Daughters
Brand: Wordsworth Editions
SKU: 9781840224160
Price: 2042 HUF
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Szerző: Elizabeth Gaskell

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: 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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Szerző

Elizabeth Gaskell

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

1999

oldal

624

EAN

9781840224160

ISBN

1840224169

Enbook ID

04250174

Kiadó

Wordsworth Editions

Súly

394

Méretek

126 x 197 x 32

Teljes leírás

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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