Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Nadia May

Set in nineteenth-century England, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new stepsister enters Molly’s quiet life, the loveable but worldly and troubling Cynthia. The narrative traces the development of the two girls into womanhood within the gossiping and watchful society of Hollingford.

“I am honored to have had the chance to introduce Wives and Daughters to modern listeners, who I hope will discover what a pearl among novels it is.”—Nadia May, narrator

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an acclaimed and prominent Victorian novelist, and a contemporary and friend of Charles Dickens and Charlotte Brontë, among others. Her writings reflect both her happy upbringing in the Cheshire countryside and her concern for the privations of the working classes of Manchester, where she spent most of her adult life. Among her most famous works are the novels Mary Barton and North and South, and her controversial biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë.