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The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

''How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?''

Elizabeth Gaskell''s compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. 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. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together.

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint: Penguin Classics
      Publication Date: 26/04/2012
      ISBN13: 9780141198927, 978-0141198927
      ISBN10: 0141198923
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      Book Synopsis

      The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

      ''How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?''

      Elizabeth Gaskell''s compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. 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. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together.

      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.

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