Wives and Daughters
Автор: Элизабет Гаскелл
Год издания: 0000
Elizabeth Gaskell's «Wives and Daughters» was originally published serially in «Cornhill Magazine» between August 1864 and January 1866. The work, which was left unfinished at the time of Gaskell's death in 1865, was completed by Frederick Greenwood. The novel is chiefly concerned with Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed Doctor, who upon visiting the Hamleys of Hamley Hall finds a substitute for her mother in Mrs. Hamley. «Wives and Daughters» is a classic 19th century romantic novel that addresses the constraints imposed by society between individuals of professional versus aristocratic social classes. We see this in Molly's relationships with the Hamley family and, when her father remarries, with her relationship with her stepsister, Cynthia, who is more worldly and sophisticated.
Husband hunting, or The mother and daughters. Vol. 1
Автор: Группа авторов
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Husband hunting, or The mother and daughters : a tale of fashionable life : in 3 vol. Vol. 1».
Henry VIII and his Six Wives
Автор: Janet Hardy-Gould
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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Janet Hardy-Gould.
There were six of them – three Katherines, two Annes, and a Jane. One of them was the King’s wife for twenty-four years, another for only a year and a half. One died, two were divorced, and two were beheaded. It was a dangerous, uncertain life.
After the King’s death in 1547, his sixth wife finds a box of old letters – one from each of the first five wives. They are sad, angry, frightened letters. They tell the story of what it was like to be the wife of Henry VIII of England.