Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Hamley, but it appears that he is more interested in Cynthia, Molly's new stepsister from her father's second marriage.Įlizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was an English novelist and short story writer. Molly falls in love with Roger, the younger son of Mrs. Gibson discovers the young man's secret affection and sends Molly to stay with the Hamleys of Hamley Hall. Seven years later, Molly is an attractive and rather unworldly young woman, which arouses the interest of one of her father's apprentices.
When she wakes up, she gets distressed at the thought of spending the night at the mansion, but to her relief, her father arrives to collect her.
During a visit to the local aristocratic 'great house' of Lord and Lady Cumnor, she loses her way in the estate and falls asleep under a tree. Molly Gibson is a young girl who has been raised by her widowed father.
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