North and South (Dover Books on Literature and Drama) - Softcover
A crisis of conscience uproots a clergyman's family from the pastoral beauty of the south, sending them to a dreary city in the industrial north. Margaret Hale is initially appalled by the unrefined town of Milton and its population of factory workers. But after befriending a local family, she develops a sense of sympathy for the struggles of the poor. The demands of Margaret's awakening social conscience are further challenged by her attraction to John Thornton, self-made man and wealthy factory owner. Praised by Charles Dickens as an 'admirable story, full of character and power,' Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel unfolds across the social divides of a changing world. The romance between the haughty but sensitive heroine and an intelligent, dynamic man of lower social status touches upon political, philosophical, and economic issues. An unflinching depiction of the bleak conditions of the working poor as well as a commentary on the mid-Victorian era's class conflicts, this richly textured tale raises timeless questions about the nature of social authority and protest. Reprint of the Chapman & Hall, London, 1855 edition.
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An admirable story... full of character and power --Charles Dickens
A great story-teller... it seems as though the art of writing came to her as easily as an instinct. --Virginia Woolf
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A great story-teller... it seems as though the art of writing came to her as easily as an instinct. --Virginia Woolf
Elizabeth Gaskell's Victorian love story, set in the mill towns of the industrial North of England
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