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Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 1: THE DAWN OF A GALA DAY - 00:05:35
2. This was no unusual instance… - 00:05:40
3. For the first time in her life, Molly Gibson was to be included… - 00:05:39
4. 'We shall go back to town on Friday the 18th,' said Lady Agnes… - 00:05:39
5. CHAPTER 2: A NOVICE AMONGST THE GREAT FOLK - 00:04:47
6. She turned hastily round not to lose another word… - 00:04:24
7. There was some bread, and some cold chicken, and some jelly… - 00:05:34
8. The housemaids came in to arrange the room. - 00:05:42
9. Molly was an obliging girl, and fond of children… - 00:05:00
10. There was an implied blame running through this speech... - 00:03:36
11. 'You must go and wish Lady Cumnor good-night, you know…' - 00:04:18
12. Once out into the park Molly struck her pony, and urged him on… - 00:04:51
13. CHAPTER 3: MOLLY GIBSON'S CHILDHOOD - 00:04:23
14. The popularity of this world is as transient as its glory… - 00:03:47
15. Several years before the opening of this story… - 00:04:54
16. Miss Eyre listened in silence, perplexed… - 00:05:13

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 4: MR. GIBSON'S NEIGHBOURS - 00:04:48
2. But somehow things had changed… - 00:05:02
3. 'Use my purse as freely as if it was your own…' - 00:05:19
4. He had married a delicate fine London lady… - 00:05:04
5. She had not been able for many years to walk beyond her garden… - 00:04:50
6. Major Coxe was at some unpronounceable station… - 00:04:45
7. CHAPTER 5: CALF-LOVE - 00:04:33
8. After a little more consideration in the same strain… - 00:04:37
9. 'To be sure. Come in, Mr. Coxe. I was rather wanting to talk…' - 00:05:19
10. 'Would it tend to cure your – well! passion, we'll say…?' - 00:05:07
11. 'I only wish Osborne and Roger…' - 00:05:25
12. 'Don't you like to go? Would you rather not?' - 00:05:54
13. CHAPTER 6: A VISIT TO THE HAMLEYS - 00:04:53
14. She rose languidly, and wrapping her light shawl round her… - 00:03:43
15. So she began. Molly was not so much absorbed in listening… - 00:04:14
16. Molly tried to find out in the picture the characteristics… - 00:04:29

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. The squire had hitherto been too busy to talk… - 00:05:12
2. Molly looked out of her chamber window… - 00:05:23
3. She dropped her voice very soft and low… - 00:03:34
4. 'Mr. Osborne Hamley is very clever, is he not?' Molly asked… - 00:03:29
5. CHAPTER 7: FORESHADOWS OF LOVE PERILS - 00:05:23
6. 'I guess your request. I make it before you do…' - 00:03:57
7. 'She's a good girl,' said her father, when she had danced out… - 00:04:23
8. All that afternoon the squire tried to steer clear of Molly… - 00:04:00
9. CHAPTER 8: DRIFTING INTO DANGER - 00:05:06
10. And this time she had nearly finished learning the poem… - 00:04:57
11. He was a tall powerfully-made young man… - 00:05:04
12. After dinner, too, the gentlemen lingered… - 00:05:27
13. 'Thursday, the 19th, Harriet,' said Lady Cumnor… - 00:04:19
14. 'Do you think what Harriet says is true, Mary?' - 00:04:24
15. 'She is at school at Boulogne, I know…' - 00:04:47
16. CHAPTER 9: THE WIDOWER AND THE WIDOW - 00:03:18
17. It was a very pleasant change… - 00:03:50

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. A disturbance to the pleasant, even course… - 00:04:55
2. Mr. Gibson had been far too busy in his profession… - 00:05:09
3. Ashcombe was a larger estate than that near Hollingford… - 00:04:36
4. CHAPTER 10: A CRISIS - 00:05:23
5. 'Could you love her as your daughter?' - 00:05:28
6. They were neither of them quite as desirous… - 00:04:53
7. Mr. Gibson turned a little paler than he had been before. - 00:04:38
8. Out of the bitterness of her heart she spoke… - 00:04:40
9. She did not see Roger Hamley returning from the meadows… - 00:05:28
10. She did not take her eyes away from his… - 00:05:40
11. 'You will have thought me hard,' he burst out at length… - 00:04:22
12. Molly was very near crying again. - 00:04:58
13. CHAPTER 11: MAKING FRIENDSHIP - 00:04:45
14. 'Because it isn't,' said she, daring all. - 00:05:28
15. 'What eyes! So like your dear father's!' - 00:03:52
16. 'Thank you, my own love.' - 00:04:13

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Molly followed Mrs. Kirkpatrick into the morning-room… - 00:04:44
2. Mrs. Kirkpatrick fondled the hand thus placed in hers… - 00:05:16
3. An old rhyme Molly had heard Betty use… - 00:05:02
4. 'Thank you,' said she, her lips trembling… - 00:03:15
5. And the tete-a-tete was merged in a trio. - 00:02:53
6. CHAPTER 12: PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING - 00:04:06
7. But Mr. Gibson, economical as he was… - 00:05:27
8. Her preparations were thus in a very considerable state… - 00:04:05
9. Mr. Gibson winced. Jeanie was his first love… - 00:03:38
10. 'Nonsense, sister,' said Miss Browning. - 00:03:48
11. CHAPTER 13: MOLLY GIBSON'S NEW FRIENDS - 00:05:25
12. 'You seem to have seen a great deal of Mr. Roger, Molly!' - 00:05:16
13. The next day Molly went with Miss Browning… - 00:05:46
14. Mr. Gibson and Molly drove over to Ashcombe… - 00:05:58
15. Then they went in to dinner. - 00:05:14
16. CHAPTER 14: MOLLY FINDS HERSELF PATRONIZED - 00:03:10
17. Before Molly could shape her next question… - 00:04:38

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Mr. Preston came into the room just at this time… - 00:05:43
2. When he had left the room… - 00:05:18
3. 'I've brought you the wasps'-nest I promised you…' - 00:05:14
4. He looked round the table as he sate down. - 00:04:43
5. 'Oh, Molly! I thought you'd never come back…' - 00:05:00
6. CHAPTER 15: THE NEW MAMMA - 00:05:28
7. Molly bit her lips to prevent herself from saying something… - 00:05:17
8. One day he said to Molly, 'I wish you'd ask your mamma…' - 00:05:05
9. 'Don't get any dainties for me, my dear…' - 00:04:11
10. CHAPTER 16: THE BRIDE AT HOME - 00:05:29
11. After they were gone, Mrs. Gibson began… - 00:04:55
12. All this time the family at the Towers had been absent… - 00:03:32
13. Just then Squire Hamley came in. - 00:04:40
14. The squire was put out; and when he was put out… - 00:04:36
15. CHAPTER 17: TROUBLE AT HAMLEY HALL - 00:04:13
16. That sore had not yet healed over… - 00:04:00

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. 'Don't you know, at all, how the money has gone?' - 00:05:47
2. Osborne's name was never mentioned… - 00:04:45
3. Molly dreaded the squire's anger… - 00:04:55
4. It is not to be supposed that Molly had remained… - 00:05:34
5. CHAPTER 18: MR. OSBORNE'S SECRET - 00:05:17
6. 'I don't believe my father could raise the money…' - 00:05:08
7. So Molly hung about the house, trying to do all she could… - 00:05:53
8. After a while he said… - 00:05:22
9. She mounted on the ladder to get to a particular shelf… - 00:05:23
10. 'The drawing-room must be refurnished…' - 00:04:19
11. CHAPTER 19: CYNTHIA'S ARRIVAL - 00:04:47
12. She settled herself to her work again… - 00:04:28
13. Molly went into her own room, waiting to show Cynthia… - 00:04:45
14. Day after day the course of these small frivolities… - 00:04:34
15. 'I was a trouble, I daresay.' - 00:03:20
16. Cynthia might well say she did not consider herself… - 00:04:35

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Cynthia herself appeared extremely indifferent… - 00:01:40
2. CHAPTER 20: MRS. GIBSON'S VISITORS - 00:05:45
3. Just at this moment, Molly heard the familiar sound… - 00:05:45
4. 'I believe in senior wranglers,' said Cynthia… - 00:05:18
5. They were talking of France. - 00:05:06
6. CHAPTER 21: THE HALF-SISTERS - 00:05:51
7. 'Ah, Roger!' he said one day. - 00:05:35
8. Mrs. Gibson took up arms on behalf of her own daughter… - 00:05:18
9. Molly caught a few words occasionally in intervals… - 00:05:43
10. He made a face of dismay, and then went off to his duties. - 00:05:45
11. 'I'm very glad I yawned in his face,' said Mr. Gibson. - 00:05:40
12. CHAPTER 22: THE OLD SQUIRE'S TROUBLES - 00:05:15
13. The remarks had come round… - 00:05:13
14. 'You see, all you public schoolboys…' - 00:03:23
15. About five minutes elapsed, spent by the hungry squire… - 00:04:51

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Osborne was strongly tempted to get up and leave… - 00:04:55
2. 'I thought master wasn't justly himself, Mr. Osborne…' - 00:04:21
3. CHAPTER 23: OSBORNE HAMLEY REVIEWS HIS POSITION - 00:04:59
4. Then he bethought him of his poems – would they sell…? - 00:04:59
5. When Roger came home Osborne did not let a day pass… - 00:04:13
6. As yet, Roger had never seen his brother's wife… - 00:03:32
7. 'Not he,' said the squire, taking the pipe out of his mouth… - 00:03:50
8. CHAPTER 24: MRS. GIBSON'S LITTLE DINNER - 00:04:56
9. 'How could you talk such nonsense, Cynthia?' - 00:05:15
10. Osborne had instinctively gone to stand behind Cynthia… - 00:05:36
11. CHAPTER 25: HOLLINGFORD IN A BUSTLE - 00:05:06
12. Lady Harriet came to call on her old governess… - 00:05:22
13. Off went Mrs. Gibson rather unwillingly… - 00:05:25
14. Cynthia took the utmost pains in dressing Molly… - 00:05:15
15. CHAPTER 26: A CHARITY BALL - 00:04:24
16. Probably Mr. Roscoe would have felt more aggrieved… - 00:05:48

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Just at this moment the band… - 00:04:50
2. Mr. Preston made no reply. - 00:05:05
3. 'I should have felt honoured if you had accepted…' - 00:05:23
4. Lady Harriet, who was rather different to Miss Piper… - 00:05:18
5. 'I don't know about popularity or votes,' said Molly… - 00:05:18
6. 'Nonsense; it would grieve papa beyond measure…' - 00:03:44
7. This piece of news was of great interest to Molly… - 00:04:05
8. CHAPTER 27: FATHER AND SONS - 00:05:11
9. M. Geoffroi St H – was in England now… - 00:04:49
10. 'How go the poems, old fellow?' - 00:04:08
11. All these prejudices were strengthened by his grief. - 00:04:37
12. CHAPTER 28: RIVALRY - 00:04:55
13. 'I should like it very much,' said Osborne… - 00:04:12
14. But Cynthia had come across too many varieties of flirtation… - 00:04:37
15. Now the first person out of the house… - 00:03:25
16. For some reason or other, unknown to the Gibsons… - 00:04:29

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. 'Mr. Roger Hamley,' was announced. - 00:04:31
2. 'Ah! London is the true place…' - 00:05:16
3. CHAPTER 29: BUSH-FIGHTING - 00:04:33
4. And now both Osborne and Roger had left… - 00:05:31
5. 'May I ask where you do spend your time…?' - 00:05:06
6. Then there was lunch, when everyone was merry… - 00:04:52
7. 'Why?' said Osborne, roused to a little curiosity… - 00:05:10
8. 'Nonsense! I wish you wouldn't talk so, Cynthia!' - 00:04:41
9. But she felt how different Roger's relation to her was. - 00:04:18
10. CHAPTER 30: OLD WAYS AND NEW WAYS - 00:04:45
11. 'But I'm a deal nearer Heaven to-day, I am.' - 00:05:08
12. In those days people used to speak… - 00:05:37
13. 'Mr. Preston, I can hardly understand what you mean…' - 00:05:35
14. CHAPTER 31: A PASSIVE COQUETTE - 00:05:36
15. In the first instance… - 00:05:04

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Molly was dejected, she knew not why. - 00:04:21
2. It may be all very pleasant… - 00:03:40
3. The squire dwelt so much upon… - 00:03:12
4. CHAPTER 32: COMING EVENTS - 00:05:27
5. 'You must be married again,' said Roger… - 00:04:11
6. So runs the round of life from day to day. - 00:04:42
7. 'Lady Harriet is coming here this morning…' - 00:04:30
8. Lady Harriet was sorry to miss Molly… - 00:05:08
9. 'Lady Harriet! I think you might have known…' - 00:04:01
10. 'It seems to me a very laudable and useful object…' - 00:03:04
11. Molly went the long walk to the Holly Farm… - 00:03:17
12. CHAPTER 33: BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS - 00:04:55
13. It was a manly, feeling, sensible letter… - 00:04:40
14. 'Come, squire, I must not hear anything…' - 00:04:28
15. It was all very fine giving the squire this good advice… - 00:03:52
16. CHAPTER 34: A LOVER'S MISTAKE - 00:04:15
17. 'I have been watching for you, dear…' - 00:04:16
18. With a gulp and a fit of resolution… - 00:04:08

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. The little pendule on the chimney-piece… - 00:05:36
2. 'Why, Molly!' said Cynthia… - 00:04:55
3. CHAPTER 35: THE MOTHER'S MANOEUVRE - 00:05:30
4. She looked as if she was going to cry again… - 00:04:49
5. 'Don't you know that all professional conversations…?' - 00:05:35
6. 'Shall I tell you what I should do?' said Mr. Gibson… - 00:05:13
7. Cynthia looked extremely annoyed. - 00:05:03
8. 'No!' he said at last, with a sigh. - 00:04:52
9. Mr. Gibson's face relaxed now… - 00:05:02
10. CHAPTER 36: DOMESTIC DIPLOMACY - 00:05:24
11. 'Well, then, you won't go!' said Mr. Gibson… - 00:04:27
12. 'Do you think she's worthy of him?' asked her father… - 00:05:30
13. CHAPTER 37: A FLUKE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT - 00:06:03
14. After a fortnight's time… - 00:05:51

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. Mr. Gibson went upstairs to the drawing-room… - 00:05:31
2. ''Not guilty, but we recommend the prisoner…'' - 00:05:13
3. But Cynthia, instead of replying to this question… - 00:03:30
4. For a long time Molly had been surprised… - 00:04:40
5. Then Cynthia's ways and manners about Roger… - 00:05:19
6. CHAPTER 38: MR. KIRKPATRICK, Q.C. - 00:04:55
7. 'Dear-ah-me!' said the old lady… - 00:05:11
8. 'She was so sorry for what she'd done…' - 00:04:51
9. When the two gentlemen met… - 00:03:51
10. 'If you want us to sympathize with you…' - 00:03:34
11. 'But then she must have got the money somewhere.' - 00:03:47
12. CHAPTER 39: SECRET THOUGHTS OOZE OUT - 00:05:26
13. 'Ah,' said Mrs. Gibson… - 00:06:46
14. To return to the squire. Occupied as he now was… - 00:05:03
15. 'Osborne! Do you know anything about this…?' - 00:05:40

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. But after his father had left the room… - 00:03:32
2. And then she plunged into the tete-a-tete… - 00:03:17
3. CHAPTER 40: MOLLY GIBSON BREATHES FREELY - 00:05:22
4. In general, it is the people who are left behind… - 00:04:32
5. Mrs. Gibson wrote twice during her week's absence… - 00:04:54
6. Molly did not answer all at once. - 00:05:44
7. CHAPTER 41: GATHERING CLOUDS - 00:05:07
8. Whenever anything had gone wrong… - 00:04:59
9. She knew that Cynthia withheld from her… - 00:05:28
10. 'I can't understand you, Cynthia,' she said at length. - 00:04:14
11. 'As far as I can judge of London,' said Miss Browning… - 00:04:48
12. 'I shall not stand on warning you, Molly.' - 00:05:56
13. CHAPTER 42: THE STORM BURSTS - 00:04:31
14. So she went up to the top of the hill… - 00:04:35
15. 'Cynthia,' said he, suddenly changing his tone… - 00:03:27
16. 'I am quite puzzled by you both,' said Molly. - 00:02:58
17. 'You do not call it love…' - 00:03:33

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. When she went into the drawing-room before dinner… - 00:04:01
2. CHAPTER 43: CYNTHIA'S CONFESSION - 00:04:26
3. Then she paused, and sate still for a minute or two… - 00:04:51
4. He had twenty pounds in his pocket… - 00:05:00
5. '…I cannot tell you all the ins and outs…' - 00:03:40
6. 'Oh, at first he pretended not to believe…' - 00:04:00
7. Cynthia began to cry, out of weariness of body… - 00:03:46
8. CHAPTER 44: MOLLY GIBSON TO THE RESCUE - 00:05:09
9. It did strike Molly that Cynthia… - 00:04:49
10. 'You should not speak so…' - 00:05:21
11. 'You are very simple, Miss Gibson,' said he… - 00:04:46
12. Cynthia was on the watch for her return… - 00:04:03
13. CHAPTER 45: CONFIDENCES - 00:04:37
14. She was startled from her meditations… - 00:04:56
15. 'You and I must go on the next journey…' - 00:03:50
16. 'But there is something between Cynthia and Roger…' - 00:04:29
17. 'I hope you did not want to see him…?' - 00:05:23

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 46: HOLLINGFORD GOSSIPS - 00:05:05
2. Molly went upstairs to get ready… - 00:04:37
3. All through the evening Molly's thoughts wandered… - 00:04:14
4. 'I'm sure I don't want to hear of clandestine meetings…' - 00:04:07
5. 'Why, who told you?' said Mrs. Goodenough… - 00:04:38
6. CHAPTER 47: SCANDAL AND ITS VICTIMS - 00:05:45
7. The operation on Lady Cumnor… - 00:05:02
8. For a good while the Miss Brownings… - 00:05:03
9. Miss Browning's distress was overcoming her anger… - 00:04:11
10. 'Well!' she said at length, rising up… - 00:04:15
11. 'Go on, can't you?' said he… - 00:04:40
12. CHAPTER 48: AN INNOCENT CULPRIT - 00:05:14
13. He could not help relenting at her words… - 00:04:29
14. It was a great relief to Mr. Gibson… - 00:04:33
15. 'I think the world would get on tolerably well…' - 00:04:44
16. Then Molly knew that her stepmother… - 00:04:38

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 49: MOLLY GIBSON FINDS A CHAMPION - 00:04:54
2. 'Well, I think the least you can do…' - 00:04:26
3. The next day Lady Harriet rode over to Hollingford… - 00:04:52
4. Lady Harriet, meanwhile, was riding homewards… - 00:04:00
5. 'No, my lord. I have no intentions…' - 00:04:32
6. CHAPTER 50: CYNTHIA AT BAY - 00:05:12
7. 'Refused him – and you never told me…' - 00:05:15
8. The second and the last day of her stay at the Towers… - 00:04:47
9. Once in her own room, Lady Harriet… - 00:05:12
10. 'Well! I don't like it, at any rate. It is not pleasant…' - 00:05:22
11. Mrs. Gibson, too, had been awed into silence… - 00:05:38
12. CHAPTER 51: 'TROUBLES NEVER COME ALONE' - 00:04:36
13. 'And now, Mr. Gibson…' - 00:05:23
14. 'Molly, Roger will marry you!' - 00:04:55
15. So down into the cluster of collected women… - 00:03:52
16. After a moment's pause… - 00:04:52

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 52: SQUIRE HAMLEY'S SORROW - 00:05:02
2. Forgetting, apparently, what time of night it was… - 00:04:44
3. 'I do try to say, God's will be done, sir,' said the squire… - 00:05:32
4. 'Osborne evidently had bound him down to secrecy…' - 00:04:17
5. Little by little he led the squire… - 00:05:44
6. Molly had no doubt that Osborne… - 00:04:29
7. But Molly kept her pleading eyes fixed on Cynthia. - 00:03:57
8. CHAPTER 53: UNLOOKED-FOR ARRIVALS - 00:04:37
9. 'Give it me,' said the squire, his voice breaking now… - 00:05:13
10. 'So you always say, daughter. Time will show.' - 00:05:17
11. There was a 'lingerie' shop, kept by a Frenchwoman… - 00:04:08
12. Robinson had been aware that there was some mystery… - 00:04:46
13. So Molly and the woman lifted her up… - 00:03:04
14. By-and-by the squire said in a whisper… - 00:03:23
15. CHAPTER 54: MOLLY GIBSON'S WORTH IS DISCOVERED - 00:05:27
16. Worn out by the contending emotions of the day… - 00:04:10
17. It was well that Molly was such a favourite… - 00:04:51

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. From time to time her father rode up to the window… - 00:04:42
2. 'Really, Clare, I spend so much time in your house…' - 00:05:11
3. 'I am afraid she has been very ill?' asked Cynthia. - 00:05:19
4. CHAPTER 55: AN ABSENT LOVER RETURNS - 00:04:22
5. 'If a young man of twenty-four…' - 00:05:09
6. Mrs. Gibson could hardly wait… - 00:05:03
7. The little trap thus set for news… - 00:04:28
8. All the rest of the day she alluded to Cynthia… - 00:05:22
9. CHAPTER 56: 'OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE, AND ON WITH THE NEW.' - 00:05:20
10. Someone was thinking about her at the same time… - 00:04:36
11. And Roger ran downstairs at full speed… - 00:04:14
12. In the evening Mr. Henderson came. - 00:04:53
13. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick sent all manner… - 00:02:59

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 57: BRIDAL VISITS AND ADIEUX - 00:05:01
2. Had Roger indeed been asked to the Towers and declined? - 00:05:03
3. Molly was sitting in the drawing-room… - 00:05:17
4. Molly's heart sank within her at the prospect. - 00:03:20
5. So Molly was driven off in state the next day… - 00:03:45
6. Molly was only too glad to allow Lady Harriet… - 00:04:55
7. CHAPTER 58: REVIVING HOPES AND BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS - 00:05:10
8. On Saturday they were more fortunate… - 00:04:21
9. His tone of voice was changed in speaking of her… - 00:05:25
10. Lord Hollingford remembered his sister's words… - 00:03:32
11. It was about six weeks since Cynthia's engagement… - 00:04:19
12. Now, as Mrs. Gibson was not quite sure… - 00:03:48

Wives and Daughters (Unabridged) (more info)
Elizabeth Gaskell,
Patience Tomlinson, reader


1. CHAPTER 59: MOLLY GIBSON AT HAMLEY HALL - 00:05:26
2. It was nearly lunch-time… - 00:05:04
3. Molly made a point of turning the conversation… - 00:05:06
4. 'I don't even call her pretty,' said the squire… - 00:04:29
5. Roger came in from his walk… - 00:05:44
6. CHAPTER 60: ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION - 00:04:35
7. Then there was a silence – for a while. - 00:05:05
8. Just then they heard Mr. Gibson's step downstairs. - 00:03:05
9. One evening after dinner… - 00:05:05
10. 'My dear boy!' said Mr. Gibson… - 00:05:48
11. Mr. Gibson gave Roger's message to his wife… - 00:04:16
12. When she came to a sense of the present… - 00:03:18
13. 'Oh, ho! So that's your reason, is it, my dear.' - 00:04:04
14. Concluding remarks by the Editor… - 00:05:58
15. It was so at all times… - 00:03:33
16. Viewed in this light, Cynthia is a more important… - 00:04:07

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