Cousin Phyllis

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Cousin Phyllis by Elizabeth Gaskell... The story revolves around nineteen-year-old Paul Manning, who moves to the countryside to work in a town near his mother's family's Hope Farm. There, he meets his second cousin, the beautiful and charming Phyllis Holman, two years his junior, who seems confused by the difficult transition to adolescence. Although her world is limited and narrow, she is broad-minded and eager to learn, much like her father. Most critics have acknowledged Cousin Phyllis as the culmination of Elizabeth Gaskell's work in the short story genre. It is a simple and uncomplicated novel, but its strengths lie in its narrative style and plot. Cousin Phyllis is also considered the final novel of the decade following her most famous and widely read work, Wives and Daughters, which was serialized in Cornhill magazine. Magazines) from August 1864 to January 1866