Production notes: This ebook of North and South was published by Global Grey in 2018. 139,720 Ratings 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.This book has 487 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1855. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.14 avg. Alexander owns a mill just like Mr Thornton which features in several key scenes in the book. As relevant now as when it was first published, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South skilfully weaves a compelling love story into a clash between the pursuit of profit and humanitarian ideals. Sympathetic to the poor whose courage and tenacity she admires and among whom she makes friends, she clashes with John Thornton, a cotton mill manufacturer who has a contemptuous attitude to workers. It takes place mostly in Manchester (the real city that inspired Milton). Forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural south, Margaret Hale settles with her parents in Milton where she witnesses the harsh brutal world wrought by the industrial revolution and where employers and workers clash in the first organised strikes. It is set in the fictional town of Milton in the North of England when industrialisation was changing the city. North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. North and South Elizabeth GaskellĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats.

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