Most critics agree that Cousin Phillis is Gaskell's crowning achievement in the short novel. The story is uncomplicated; its virtues are in the manner of its development and telling. Cousin Phillis is also recognized as a fitting prelude for Gaskell's final and most widely acclaimed novel, Wives and Daughters, which ran in Cornhill Magazine from August 1864 to January 1866. The writer takes the point of view of the rural world and confronts the change: she describes the psychological-behavioral impact produced by rural environment. The plot of the story unfolds on the" Farm of hope" where everything seems second procedures the rhythms of nature: in this context moves Philis Holman, an innocent girl who meets sensitive Holdsworth, a railway engineer who know and love his penis ... ...