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North and south / Elizabeth Gaskell ; with an afterword by Kathryn White.

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 (Author).

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ISBN: 1509827943 : HRD
ISBN: 9781509827947 : HRD
ISBN: 1509827943
ISBN: 9781509827947
Physical Description: 651 pages ; 16 cm
Edition: Complete & unabridged.
Publisher: London : Macmillan Collector's Library, 2017.

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An unforgettable story of love and strife set during the industrial revolution After a decade spent living with her aunt in London, nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale returns home to her beloved village of Helstone only to discover that her pastor father has had a crisis of faith and is moving the family to the North of England. In the industrial town of Milton, Margaret is horrified by the dirty air, the shocking poverty, and the pervasive mistreatment of the working class. John Thornton, a student of Margaret's father and the self-made owner of a local textile mill, finds Margaret haughty and naive, but is drawn to her beauty nevertheless. As tensions between workers and masters mount, a strike appears inevitable. Margaret's sympathies lie with the downtrodden laborers of Milton, but her heart increasingly yearns for Thornton, whose strength and depth of character will be revealed in a time of profound crisis. Both a timeless romance and a richly detailed social novel, North and South is a masterpiece of Victorian literature.