Wives and Daughters, Paperback/Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Set in a provincial town in the early nineteenth century, Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is a subtle representation of historical change explored in human terms. About the Author: Along with short stories and a biography of Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) published several novels including "The Cranford Chronicles" and "Mary Barton."