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North and South

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Description for North and South Paperback. Milton is a northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Arriving from a rural idyll, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. However, as her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 412.

'A really remarkable picture of the reality, as well as the prosperity, of northern industrial life, and an interesting examination of changing social conscience' Joanna Trollope

Milton is a sooty, noisy northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Arriving from a rural idyll in the south, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. However, as she begins to befriend her neighbours, and her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light.

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099511489
SKU
V9780099511489
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About Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell was born on 29 September 1810 in London. She was brought up in Knutsford, Cheshire by her aunt after her mother died when she was two years old. In 1832 she married William Gaskell, who was a Unitarian minister like her father. After their marriage they lived in Manchester with their children. Elizabeth Gaskell published her first novel, ... Read more

Reviews for North and South
Gaskell saw the emotional and economic realities of ordinary life with a steely honesty
The Times
Ruth, North and South and Mary Barton are at least as good as any of Dickens's novels
Sara Paretsky Pah! to Dickens. Eat your heart out, Little Nell. That Elizabeth Gaskell could write a death scene to make your socks melt ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for North and South


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