North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
52 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 12 ratingsMrs. Gaskell as she was popularly known, had a hard and lonely childhood, spent with various aunts and relatives after her mother died and her father left her. The young Elizabeth met and married a clergyman and moved to Manchester with him. It was here that she developed her strong sense of social justice and the themes which form the basis of her writing. Her biography of her dear friend Charlotte Bronte is considered a classic and provides a wonderfully human picture of the Yorkshire genius and her equally talented, tragic family.
North and South is set in a fictional town called Milton and located north of England. The heroine Margaret Hale arrives here, having suffered a series of unfortunate events. Her father, a wealthy churchman who lives in the idyllic English countryside suddenly finds himself losing the faith that has sustained him all these years. He leaves the church and moves his family to this preindustrial, ugly and uninspiring city, where poverty, crime and hopelessness dominate. Margaret soon encounters the handsome, but materialistic, cotton mill owner and tycoon, John Thornton. Their values and philosophies are poles apart, leading to an inevitable clash, which forms the basis of the title of the novel, North and South.
The book traces the advent of the Industrial Revolution in England, the pathetic condition of workers and the callous, greedy attitude of the mill owners who formed the bedrock of the new rich in the country. She also wrote several very popular ghost stories which were regularly published by Dickens in his magazine, Household Words. However, Mrs. Gaskell's works, though immensely popular in her lifetime, soon faded into obscurity.
Today, her works are known chiefly through television adaptations of her novels like Cranford and North and South. Her enduring themes of tradition verses modernity, feminism, the changing nature of relationships and the falsity of first impressions all resonate with the interests of readers today.
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01 – Haste to the Wedding
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 – Roses and Thorns
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – The More Haste The Worst Speed
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – Doubts And Difficulties
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – New Scenes and Faces
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – Home Sickness
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – Dressing for Tea
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – Wrought Iron and Gold
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – First Impressions
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – Morning Calls
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 – Masters and Men
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 – The Shadow of Death
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 – What Is A Strike?
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 – Likes and Dislikes
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
20 – Men and Gentlemen
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 20 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
21 – The Dark Night
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
22 – A Blow and Its Consequences
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
24 – Mistakes Cleared Up
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
26 – Mother and Son
December 08, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
28 – Comfort in Sorrow
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
29 – A Ray Of Sunshine
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
31 – Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?
December 03, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
34 – False and True
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
36 – Union Not Always Strength
November 28, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
37 – Looking South
November 27, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
38 – Promises Fulfillfed
November 26, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
39 – Making Friends
November 25, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
41 – The Journey’s End
November 23, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
42 – Alone! Alone!
November 22, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
43 – Margaret’s Flittin’
November 21, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
44 – Ease Not Peace
November 20, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
45 – Not All a Dream
November 19, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
47 – Something Wanting
November 17, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
48 – Ne’er To Be Found Again
November 16, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
49 – Breathing Tranquility
November 15, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
50 – Changes at Milton
November 14, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com