North and South
When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction.
In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.
- Pages
- 544
- First published
- October 10, 1854
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
More editions
▾
Pick a cover to preview.
Shelved by 3 Litcadians
Reviews
Finished September 1, 2017 · Read 2 times
✔ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.5★♥ I saw the BBC film with Richard Armitage and loved it. I got the ebook for free on my kindle when I first got it 3 years ago. So it's been on my tbr list forever. It's a good story and similar to Pride and Prejudice. This case being prejudices of social environments vs the North and South of England in the 19th century. Farm-life vs Mill Factories. And I think it's more realistic than Jane Austen, for while Jane uses society as a parody, Elizabeth uses it in a realistic way. And it's interesting to have both the heroine and heroes points-of-view (while still in 3rd person). Really loved John Thornton!!
Started November 28, 2024 · Finished November 29, 2024
Finished November 19, 2021