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Title:
North and south
ISBN:
9780199537006
Edition:
Rev. and expanded ed.
Physical Description:
xlii, 452 pages ; 20 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: 1982.

Edition statement from back cover.
Contents:
Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell -- North and South : volume 1. 'Haste to the wedding' -- Roses and thorns -- 'The more haste the worse speed' -- Doubts and difficulties -- Decision -- Farewell -- New scenes and faces -- Home sickness -- Dressing for tea -- Wrought iron and gold -- First impressions -- Morning calls -- A soft breeze in a sultry place -- The mutiny -- Masters and men -- The shadow of death -- What is a strike? -- Likes and dislikes -- Angel visits -- Men and gentlemen -- The dark night -- A blow and its consequences -- Mistakes -- Mistakes cleared up -- Frederick -- North and South : volume 2. Mother and son -- Fruit-piece -- Comfort in sorrow -- A ray of sunshine -- Home at last -- 'Should auld acquaintance be forgot?' -- Mischances -- Peace -- False and true -- Expiation -- Union not always strength -- Looking south -- Promises fulfilled -- Making friends -- Out of tune -- The journey's end -- Alone! Alone! -- Margaret's flittin' -- Ease not peace -- Not all a dream -- Once and now -- Something wanting -- 'Ne'er to be found again' -- Breathing tranquility -- Changes at Milton -- Meeting again -- 'Pack clouds away' -- Explanatory notes.
Summary:
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 tells the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner newly settled in the northern industrial town of Milton, whose ready sympathy with the discontented millworkers sits uneasily with her growing attraction to the charismatic mill owner, John Thornton. The novel poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience, ranging from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny and industrial action. Margaret's internal conflicts mirror the turbulence that she sees all around her. This revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate and explores Gaskell's subtle representations of sexual passion and communal strife. --
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