Description
North and South shares its famous counterpart's concern with the inequality and hardship generated by the Industrial Revolution in northern England, while at the same time creating one of the nineteenth century's most memorable and engaging female protagonists in Margaret Hale.
About the Author
Known for her vivid and sensitive depictions of the many social classes of Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was one of her era's foremost novelists, with Cranford and North and South remaining among the nation's favourite novels to this day.
Reviews
A great story-teller... it seems as though the art of writing came to her as easily as an instinct. -- Virginia Woolf
Book Information
ISBN 9781847497161
Author Elizabeth Gaskell
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Alma Classics
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 419g