Description
Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South" plunges readers into the stark realities of Victorian England's Industrial Revolution. The novel follows Margaret Hale, a young woman uprooted from her idyllic southern village to the harsh, smoke-filled industrial town of Milton. As Margaret navigates this new world of clashing social classes and burgeoning labor disputes, she grapples with her own evolving understanding of justice, compassion, and the human cost of progress. Gaskell masterfully contrasts the genteel South with the gritty North, exploring themes of social inequality, industrialization, and the complexities of human relationships with keen insight and powerful prose.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Classics
Published Jun 1, 1996
480 pages
ISBN: 9780140434248
paperback
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Published Jan 1, 1994
520 pages
ISBN: 9780140620191
paperback
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published Jan 1, 2018
258 pages
ISBN: 9781718665286
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Details
First Published
1855
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell.