North and South Paperback - 1996
by Elizabeth Gaskell; Introduction by Patricia Ingham
Summary
"How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?"
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 fused individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale created one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.
In her introduction Patricia Ingham examines geographical, economic and class differences, and male and female roles in North and South. This edition also includes a list for further reading, notes and a glossary.
First line
'Edith!' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith!'
From the rear cover
From her home ground, her father's comfortably middle-class living in Hampshire and her aunt's establishment in Harley Street, Margaret is exiled to the ugly northern industrial town of Milton. Surprisingly, her social consciousness awakens. It is intensified by a relationship with the local mill-owner, Thornton, that combines passionate attraction with fierce opposition. The novel explores the exploitation of the working class, linking the plight of workers with that of women and probing the myth and reality of the 'north-south divide'.
Details
- Title North and South
- Author Elizabeth Gaskell; Introduction by Patricia Ingham
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 1996-06-01
- Features Bibliography, Glossary
- ISBN 9780140434248 / 0140434240
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.02 x 0.89 in (20.22 x 12.75 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 860
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Didactic fiction, Social classes
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Charles Dickens
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