![]() ![]() Everyone said that she was very kind to me. As Molly shares with a friend, “I met her once when I was a little girl. Gibson (Bill Paterson) are close, a reason she is devastated when her father chooses to remarry a woman she doesn’t like very much. Wives and Daughters is told from the perspective of Molly Gibson (Justine Waddell) a young woman who is raised by her father, a physician by profession after her mother dies. In such capable hands, you may rest assured that Wives and Daughters will have something good to recommend it. The novel, unfortunately, unfinished at the time of her death, is expertly adapted for the BBC by British television’s screenwriting rock star du jour, Andrew Davies. ![]() ![]() It’s with subsequent viewings that my adoration and appreciation for this miniseries grows by leaps and bounds.Īn adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel of the same name, Wives and Daughters, is less popular than its BBC period drama predecessor Pride and Prejudice, but no less interesting. On the initial viewing, I enjoyed it a lot. I saw Wives and Daughters around 2005, during a recurring period drama binge where I discovered many, many wonderful period drama gems. ![]()
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