Wives and Daughters(II) 妻子與女兒/錦繡佳人(英文版)
WivesandDaughtersisanemotionalnovelbyElizabethGaskell,firstpublishedintheCornhillMagazineasaserialfromAugust1864toJanuary1866.WhenMrsGaskelldiedsuddenlyin1865,itwasnotquitecomplete,andthelastsectionwaswrittenbyFrederickGreenwood.TheheroineofthenovelisMolly,anattractiveandratherunworldlyyoungwoman.HerfathersendshertostaywiththeHamleysofHamleyHall,agentryfamily.MollyformsacloseattachmentwithMrs.Hamley,whoembracesheralmostasadaughter.Mollyalsobefriendstheyoungerson,Roger.MollyisawarethatshewouldnotbeconsideredasuitablematchforthesonsofSquireHamleybecauseofherstatus.However,shehasalwayspreferredRoger'sgoodsenseandhonourablecharacterandsoonfallsinlovewithhim.Unfortunately,Rogerfallsinlovewithothergirl.Mollyisheartbroken,andstruggleswithhersorrowandherknowledgethatthegirllacksaffectionforRoger.
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