“To begin with the old rigmarole of childhood.
I dipped in and out of the paperback and audiobook editions (as read by Prunella Scales) and I have to recommend this tactic if you’re a little unsure with classics, particularly with relatively lengthy ones like this one. I think that doing so really aided my enjoyment of the book because I felt like reading about the life of Molly Gibson and her family and friends became part of my daily routine. I read Wives and Daughters during the Victober readalong and I purposely drew up a schedule for this book so that I could pace myself and the book and read a few chapters every day. But in doing so, Molly risks ruining her reputation in the gossiping village of Hollingford – and jeopardizing everything with the man she is secretly in love with.” Soon the girls become close, and Molly finds herself cajoled into becoming a go-between in Cynthia’s love affairs. There is some solace in the shape of her new stepsister Cynthia, who is beautiful, sophisticated and irresistible to every man she meets. But when he decides to remarry, Molly’s life is thrown off course by the arrival of her vain, shallow and selfish stepmother. “Seventeen-year-old Molly Gibson worships her widowed father. Publisher/Edition: Penguin English Library
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