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by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Author), Sally Shuttleworth (Author) "'EDITH!' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith!' ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (10 Sep 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192831941
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192831941
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 237,126 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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`she tried to settle that most difficult problem for women, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working.' North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny, it poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Through the story of Margaret Hale, the middle-class southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skilfully explores issues of class and gender in the conflict between Margaret's ready sympathy with the workers and her growing attraction to the charismatic mill ownder, John Thornton. This new revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate.


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Sally Shuttleworth is Professor of Literature at the University of Sheffield.
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Good, 3 Feb 2005
This review is from: North and South (Paperback)
I would certainly recommend this novel. I read it before the TV series came along, and loved it for itself. I read half the book in one night - so desperate was I to find out what happened - although I later regretted having almost skimmed through parts of it. This is a book with a lot to offer - from gritty portrails of life in working mill town, to the beautiful romance that is entwined in the dirt and grime like a silken ribbon slinking through a brier bush. The contrasts between the supposed ideallic life in the South and the harsh North are blurred and erased, as stereotypes are broken down through personal contact as the pages progress. It is a delight to read, giving delight to anyone with a romantic heart, or the harder feelings of someone interested in dealing with issues of empathy with the Victorian working classes.
Read it. You would a stoic indeed to regret it.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stop! Don't read another review!, 26 Oct 2004
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This review is from: North and South (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
If you are like me and like to read your books before being told what happens so that you can better appreciate the book for itself please don't read any of the reveiws below. Much of the pleasure I derived from this book was through its unreliable narration and the difference in Margaret's mind to my own, which made me unsure of how she would act. It is good to get an insight of who the Victorians thought they were through it and what the Victorians thought of one another. The story is described as a social novel which simply can't explain this book. North and South makes you feel more like you can place yourslef within Victorian society at both ends of the spectrum and understand what the people thought and why they did. Gaskell's clever writing and insightful descriptions make it an enchanting story about change and the hopelessness of yearning for the past and learning to move on and understand yourself as society becomes more confusing.
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A passionate novel, exploring love within a changing society, 14 Jan 2003
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This review is from: North and South (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)
For me, Elizabeth Gaskell is the Victorian's Jane Austen. She wrote enduring love stories featuring characters the reader cares about, and this novel continues that record. The relationship of Margaret and Thornton is tempestuous and full of twists and turns, with its misunderstandings, unacknowledged passions and fiery exchanges. Gaskell handles the sexual attraction between these characters skilfully, communicating as she does within the far less sexually-open idiom of the Victorian novel (check out the scene where Margaret saves Thornton from the rioters, or the bit when, whilst having tea with the Hales's, Thornton is transfixed by a bracelet tightening the flesh on Margaret's arm).
Adding an extra depth to the novel are the contemporary Victorian social issues which are addressed within its pages - the decreasing social distinction between the classes, the rise in female empowerment - but don't let these put you off. They are so carefully woven in to the inherent fabric of the plot that there is no struggle to understand the significance they would have had.
In short, this is a fantastic book - Margaret and Thornton remind me of Pride and Prejudice's Elizabeth and Darcy, with their stormy, unacknowledged passion for one another and their intellectual compatibility. And just like Pride and Prejudice, this novel is filled with the kind of pleasurable scenes that you'll want to read over and over again.
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