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“When her father decides to leave the church over a matter of conscience, Margaret Hale is forced to move from her quiet, tranquil life in the south of England to the northern industrial town of Milton. Not only does Margaret have to adjust to new surroundings and reduced circumstances, she must also adjust to a new way of life, for the the ways of the North are vastly different from those she grew up with in the South. These differences are especially pronounced in her exchanges with John Thornton, the wealthy owner of one of Milton's cotton mills who Margaret seems determined not to like. It is not until circumstances dictate that Margaret return to the South to live that she realizes that perhaps it isn't everything she remembered it to be, and that maybe her heart really belongs in Milton after all.
North and South paints a vivid picture of life in an industrial town during the 1850s, as well as shows the differences between the bustling but grey North and the placid and pretty South. In Margaret Hale and John Thornton, Elizabeth Gaskell has created two truly remarkable characters. The secondary characters, especially Mrs. Thornton and Bessy and Nicholas Higgins, are equally strong and memorable. North and South is a great read. ”
AvidReader wrote this review Saturday, December 6 2008.
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