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North and South — Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 451 pages

North and South is a Victorian social novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It follows Margaret Hale as she moves from rural southern England to a northern industrial town, where she encounters mill owners, workers, and the tensions between them. It offers a moving portrait of class, change, and personal loyalty.

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Contents

  1. North and South
  2. CHAPTER I. “HASTE TO THE WEDDING.”
  3. CHAPTER II. ROSES AND THORNS.
  4. CHAPTER III. “THE MORE HASTE THE WORSE SPEED.”
  5. CHAPTER IV. DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES.
  6. CHAPTER V. DECISION.
  7. CHAPTER VI. FAREWELL.
  8. CHAPTER VII. NEW SCENES AND FACES.
  9. CHAPTER VIII. HOME SICKNESS.
  10. CHAPTER IX. DRESSING FOR TEA.
  11. CHAPTER X. WROUGHT IRON AND GOLD.
  12. CHAPTER XI. FIRST IMPRESSIONS.
  13. CHAPTER XII. MORNING CALLS.
  14. CHAPTER XIII. SOFT BREEZE IN A SULTRY PLACE.
  15. CHAPTER XIV. THE MEETING.
  16. CHAPTER XV MASTERS AND MEN.
  17. CHAPTER XVI. THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
  18. CHAPTER XVII. WHAT IS A STRIKE?
  19. CHAPTER XVIII. LIKES AND DISLIKES.
  20. CHAPTER XIX. ANGEL VISITS.
  21. CHAPTER XX. MEN AND GENTLEMEN.
  22. CHAPTER XXI. THE DARK NIGHT.
  23. CHAPTER XXII. A BLOW AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
  24. CHAPTER XXIII. MISTAKES.
  25. CHAPTER XXIV. MISTAKES CLEARED UP.
  26. CHAPTER XXV. FREDERICK.
  27. CHAPTER XXVI. MOTHER AND SON
  28. CHAPTER XXVII. FRUIT-PIECE.
  29. CHAPTER XXVIII. COMFORT IN SORROW.
  30. CHAPTER XXIX. A RAY OF SUNSHINE.

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