![]() The Hamleys, however, are concerned that an attachment may form between Molly and their older, more handsome son, Osborne, when he returns from Cambridge. She also befriends their son, Roger, who offers consolation when she learns that her father has decided to marry again, to Mrs Kirkpatrick, the former governess to the local aristocrats (the Cumnors). Molly is embraced as something of a daughter by the family, particularly the invalided Mrs Hamley. Though they enjoy an illustrious background, they are currently have reduced means. He decides to send her to stay with a family he attends to – the Hamleys. When Molly unwittingly attracts the attention of one of her father’s apprentices, he becomes anxious about her lack of supervision. ![]() It focuses on a young woman named Molly Gibson, who lives with her widowed father, a country doctor. ![]() Wives and Daughters, an unfinished novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, is set in a small English town in the 1830s. ![]()
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