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Review of Wives and Daughters by A Reader
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-07-26 09:29:12.
(Language: English)
  
The title is misleading since the focus is on the relationship between Maggie and her rough but caring Scots country-doctor father. More sentimental than Gaskell's very best, the novel is still a wonderful, enveloping read and Maggie is one of Gaskell's most enchanting creations. The amount of suffering and death is surprising for what is ultimately a romantic comedy, as is the naturalist/traveler identity of the male hero and makes the more routine romance easier to swallow.
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