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Love, ambition, and revolution collide in this epic tale of North and South. Enjoy the ease of reading with our carefully crafted large print edition. - Enhanced for your visual pleasure with a large and clear 16pt font. - Professionally formatted for a visually appealing reading... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition of her best-selling novel is annotated and edited by preeminent Gaskell scholar Alan Shelston. "Contexts" includes contemporary reviews and correspondence related to North and South, along with the full text of Gaskell's 1850 short story "Lizzie Leigh,"... Read Full Overview

Set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England, "North and South" is Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel that contrasts the different ways of life in the two respective regions of England. In the North the emerging industrialized society is sharply contrasted... Read Full Overview

Mary Gaskell's North and South examines the nature of social authority and obedience and provides an insightful description of the role of middle class women in nineteenth century society. Through the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner who moves to the northern industrial town... Read Full Overview

Margaret Hale se ve obligada a trasladarse, por circunstancias familiares, del sur rural de Inglaterra a una ciudad industrial del norte y su vida cambia dr sticamente. Margaret ir dejando atr s sus prejuicios t picos de la aristocracia rural inglesa, a medida que conozca... Read Full Overview

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When Margaret Hale is uprooted from Hampshire and moves to the industrial town of Milton in... Read Full Overview

As Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street, looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons. If Titania had ever been dressed in white muslin and blue ribbons, and had fallen asleep on... Read Full Overview

Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket

When Margaret Hale moves from her idyllic southern home to the smoky, bustling town of Milton, she's thrust into a world of gritty factories, class tension, and raw human struggle. In this industrial... Read Full Overview

The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

When her father has a crisis of conscious, Margaret Hale's life is turned upside down. Because her parents decide to move away from southern London, Margaret must leave behind the tranquil, rural life she's always known to settle in an industrial town called Milton. Though... Read Full Overview

North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. With Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times (1966, 1975 and 2004). The latter version renewed interest... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

In "North & South," Elizabeth Gaskell intricately weaves a narrative that explores the stark contrasts between the industrial North of England and the genteel South during the mid-19th century. The novel combines realist literary style with vivid characterizations, encapsulating... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell North and South is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. Along with Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853),... Read Full Overview

'Wooed and married and a'.''Edith ' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith 'But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street, looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons. If Titania had ever... Read Full Overview