north and south by elizabeth cleghorn gaskell

However, as she begins to befriend her neighbours, and her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light. In this video, I'll be providing a summary of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, including a plot summary, context, characters, and themes. Arriving from a rural idyll in the south, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Paperback 18. Cover, page 4 First serialised in 'Household Words', Charles Dickens, publisher (1854-1855). 'A really remarkable picture of the reality, as well as the prosperity, of northern industrial life, and an interesting examination of changing social conscience' Joanna Trollope Milton is a sooty, noisy northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. The novel explores the exploitation of the working class, linking the plight of workers with that of women and probing the myth and reality of the 'north-south divide'.

However, as her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light. Arriving from a rural idyll, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, (1810-1865), was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Milton is a northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Description for North and South Paperback.

North and south by elizabeth cleghorn gaskell