Advantages: Beautiful scenery, casting and costume Disadvantages: None that I can see
Elizabeth Gaskell's novel, 'Wives and Daughters', is a powerful story of love, friendship and family, in which the heroine, Molly Gibson, has to cope with the remarriage of her beloved father to a woman who cares for more status than anything else, and the introduction of her new beautiful stepsister Cynthia.
Against all odds, including Cynthia's instant overshadowing of the gentle Molly, Molly and Cynthia form a bond. However, their relationship ...
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31.03.2005
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