North and South.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaskell, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (878 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waiheke Island : The Floating Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

North and South draws on Gaskell's own experiences of the poverty and hardship of life in the industrial north of England. Her heroine, Margaret Hale, is taken from the wealthy south by her nonconformist minister father, to live in a fictional northern town. The stark differences are explored through Margaret's abrupt change in circumstance, and her sympathetic reaction to the plight of the northerners. She comes into conflict with a local mill owner who proposes marriage to...

Contents:

Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I 'Haste to the Wedding'; Chapter II Roses and Thorns; Chapter III 'The More Haste the Worse Speed'; Chapter IV Doubts and Difficulties; Chapter V Decision; Chapter VI Farewell; Chapter VII New Scenes and Faces; Chapter VIII Home Sickness; Chapter IX Dressing for Tea; Chapter X Wrought Iron and Gold; Chapter XI First Impressions; Chapter XII Morning Calls; Chapter XIII A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place; Chapter XIV The Mutiny; Chapter XV Masters and Men; Chapter XVI The Shadow of Death; Chapter XVII What is a Strike?; Chapter XVIII Likes and Dislikes

Chapter XIX Angel VisitsChapter XX Men and Gentlemen; Chapter XXI The Dark Night; Chapter XXII A Blow and Its Consequences; Chapter XXIII Mistakes; Chapter XXIV Mistakes Cleared Up; Chapter XXV Frederick; Chapter XXVI Mother and Son; Chapter XXVII Fruit-Piece; Chapter XXVIII Comfort in Sorrow; Chapter XXIX A Ray of Sunshine; Chapter XXX Home at Last; Chapter XXXI 'Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?'; Chapter XXXII Mischances; Chapter XXXIII Peace; Chapter XXXIV False and True; Chapter XXXV Expiation; Chapter XXXVI Union Not Always Strength; Chapter XXXVII Looking South

Chapter XXXVIII Promises FulfilledChapter XXXIX Making Friends; Chapter XL Out of Tune; Chapter XLI The Journey's End; Chapter XLII Alone! Alone!; Chapter XLIII Margaret's Flittin'; Chapter XLIV Ease Not Peace; Chapter XLV Not All a Dream; Chapter XLVI Once and Now; Chapter XLVII Something Wanting; Chapter XLVIII 'Ne'er to Be Found Again'; Chapter XLIX Breathing Tranquillity; Chapter L Changes at Milton; Chapter LI Meeting Again; Chapter LII 'Pack Clouds Away'

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-77556-343-X

OCLC:

630530206