North and South

A richly observed Victorian novel of industry, class, conscience, and slow-burning romance by Elizabeth Gaskell.

At a glance North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is one of the essential Victorian novels: part love… When Margaret Hale leaves the rural South for the manufacturing town of Milton, she is… Why North and South still feels modern Gaskell gives the novel unusual emotional and… Margaret is intelligent, observant, and morally serious, while John Thornton is far more…

Gaskell gives the novel unusual emotional and political depth. Margaret is intelligent, observant, and morally serious, while John Thornton is far more than a simple romantic foil.