The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. It is of medium length, and, allowing for the fact that Victorian Literature is not the same as modern conversational American English, is mostly highly readable. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together. 'North and South' is a well written novel by iconic Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. North and South by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 Publication date 1934 Publisher London : Oxford University Press Collection rutgersuniversitylibraries americana Digitizing sponsor Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation Contributor Rutgers University Libraries Language English xii, 528 p.
It shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. If Titania had ever been dressed in white. 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. But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep.
'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?'Įlizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. 'Wooed and married and a'.' 'Edith' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith'. The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
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