Upon their arrival in the fictional town of Milton from their comfortable life in the rural South, Margaret Hale and her parents are struck by the harsh reality of the industrial revolution. When Margaret becomes sympathetic to the suffering of the town's mill workers and their families, she develop
North and South
โ Scribed by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Publisher
- Dodo Press
- Year
- 1855
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 309 KB
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
North and South tells the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner newly settled in the northern industrial town of Milton, whose ready sympathy with the discontented millworkers sits uneasily with her growing attraction to the charismatic mill owner, John Thornton. The novel poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience, ranging from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny and industrial action. Margaret's internal conflicts mirror the turbulence that she sees all around her. This revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate and explores Gaskell's subtle representations of sexual passion and communal strife.
Library : General
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ISBN : 9781406528053
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