North and South

Category	Fiction
ISBN	9780141198927
Author	Elizabeth Gaskell
Publishing house	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Pages	560

Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. It shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together.