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Elizabeth GaskellWives and Daughters (October 3, 2007)

LibriVox recording of Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell.

If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book!

Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. She was one of the earliest novelists ever to use dialect in her works, finding often that no word but the vernacular would suffice to convey the meaning she wanted to achieve. She was the author of The Life of Charlotte Brontë, a much-acclaimed and sometimes-reviled biography of her friend and peer.

Wives and Daughters revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. The novel was first published in the Cornhill Magazine as a serial from August 1864 to January 1866. When Mrs Gaskell died suddenly in 1865, it was not quite complete, and the last section was written by Frederick Greenwood. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Artist/Composer: Elizabeth Gaskell
Date: 2007-10-03
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; fiction; gaskell

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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wives_daughters_0710_librivox_128kb.m3u	128kbps M3U	Stream
wives_daughters_0710_librivox_64kb.m3u	64Kbps M3U	Stream
wives_daughters_0710_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip	64Kbps MP3 ZIP	749 MB

Audio Files	128Kbps MP3	Ogg Vorbis	64Kbps MP3
01 The Dawn of a Gala Day	20 MB	11 MB	10 MB
02 A Novice Amongst The Great Folk	31 MB	17 MB	16 MB
03 Molly Gibson's Childhood	18 MB	9.89 MB	9.11 MB
04 Mr. Gibson's Neighbors	29 MB	16 MB	15 MB
05 Calf Love	25 MB	13 MB	12 MB
06 A Visit to the Hamleys	36 MB	19 MB	18 MB
07 Foreshadows of Love's Perils	19 MB	10 MB	9.44 MB
08 Drifting into Danger	33 MB	18 MB	16 MB
09 The Widower and the Widow	24 MB	20 MB	12 MB
10 A Crisis	51 MB	28 MB	26 MB
11 Making Friendship	33 MB	19 MB	17 MB
12 Preparing for the Wedding	18 MB	10 MB	8.95 MB
13 Molly Gibson's New Friends	26 MB	14 MB	13 MB
14 Molly Finds Herself Patronized	31 MB	17 MB	15 MB
15 The New Mamma	19 MB	10 MB	9.44 MB
16 The Bride at Home	23 MB	12 MB	11 MB
17 Trouble at Hamley Hall	23 MB	12 MB	11 MB
18 Mr. Osborne's Secret	28 MB	14 MB	14 MB
19 Cynthia's Arrival	23 MB	13 MB	12 MB
20 Mrs Gibson's Visitors	18 MB	10 MB	8.87 MB
21 The Half-Sisters	28 MB	16 MB	14 MB
22 The Old Squire's Troubles	29 MB	16 MB	15 MB
23 Osborne Hamley Reviews His Position	22 MB	12 MB	11 MB
24 Mrs. Gibson's Little Dinner	15 MB	12 MB	7.56 MB
25 Hollingford in a Bustle	22 MB	12 MB	11 MB
26 A Charity Ball	45 MB	25 MB	23 MB
27 Father and Sons	18 MB	9.82 MB	9.11 MB
28 Rivalry	30 MB	16 MB	15 MB
29 Bush-Fighting	34 MB	17 MB	17 MB
30 Old Ways and New Ways	20 MB	11 MB	9.79 MB
31 A Passive Coquette	21 MB	11 MB	10 MB
32 Coming Events	28 MB	16 MB	14 MB
33 Brightening Prospects	16 MB	8.36 MB	7.79 MB
34 A Lover's Mistake	18 MB	10 MB	9.20 MB
35 The Mother's Manoeuvre	33 MB	19 MB	17 MB
36 Domestic Diplomacy	14 MB	8.16 MB	7.16 MB
37 A Fluke, and What Came of it	35 MB	20 MB	17 MB
38 Mr. Kirkpatrick Q.C.	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
39 Secret Thoughts Ooze Out	27 MB	15 MB	14 MB
40 Molly Gibson Breathes Freely	19 MB	11 MB	9.59 MB
41 Gathering Clouds	27 MB	15 MB	14 MB
42 The Storm Bursts	21 MB	12 MB	10 MB
43 Cynthia's Confession	23 MB	13 MB	12 MB
44 Molly Gibson to the Rescue	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
45 Confidences	19 MB	11 MB	9.42 MB
46 Hollingford Gossips	19 MB	11 MB	9.57 MB
47 Scandal and Its Victims	23 MB	13 MB	12 MB
48 An Innocent Culprit	19 MB	10 MB	9.34 MB
49 Molly Gibson Finds a Champion	19 MB	11 MB	9.33 MB
50 Cynthia at Bay	26 MB	15 MB	13 MB
51 Troubles Never Come Alone	19 MB	10 MB	9.30 MB
52 Squire Hamley's Sorrows	25 MB	14 MB	13 MB
53 Unlooked for Arrivals	21 MB	11 MB	10 MB
54 Molly Gibson's Worth is Discovered	27 MB	15 MB	14 MB
55 An Absent Lover Returns	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
56 Off With The Old Love, And On With The New	21 MB	11 MB	11 MB
57 Bridal Visits and Adieux	25 MB	14 MB	13 MB
58 Reviving Hopes and Brightening Prospects	25 MB	14 MB	13 MB
59 Molly Gibson at Hamley Hall	24 MB	13 MB	12 MB
60 Roger Hamley's Confession	29 MB	15 MB	15 MB
61 Concluding Remarks	13 MB	6.85 MB	6.30 MB

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