Overview
The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
''How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?''
Elizabeth Gaskell''s compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. It shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together.
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- | Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
- | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2012
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780141198927
- | ISBN-10: 0141198923
