
North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
Taste attributes: dramaromancehistoricalfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringsocial commentarycomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA grounded, moving novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice.
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- Author
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Published
- 1854
- Pages
- 452
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