Wives and Daughters
Wives and DaughtersElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Characters in Wives and Daughters
4 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Molly Gibson
The honest, kind-hearted daughter of a country doctor, navigating a new stepfamily and unspoken love.
Antagonists
Mrs. Gibson
Molly's vain, self-serving stepmother whose social ambitions disrupt the household.
Supporting characters
Cynthia Kirkpatrick
Molly's charming, worldly stepsister whose attractiveness masks a web of secrets.
Roger Hamley
The steady, scientifically minded younger son of the Hamley family.