Books with title North, South, East, and West

Excerpt from North and SouthMargaret heard her aunt's voice again, but this time it was as if she had raised herself up from her half-recumbent position, and were looking into the more dimly lighted back drawing-room. Edith Edith cried she and then she sank as if wearied by the exertion. Mar aret stepped forward.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When a crisis of faith prompts his departure from the Church of England, Margaret Hale’s father moves his family north to bleak, industrial Milton. At first, Margaret is put off by the town’s grit and poverty—a stark contrast to her rural southern hometown. But when she is awakened to the suffering of Milton’s hardworking citizens, she makes it her mission to improve their lives. However, Margaret soon finds herself at odds with the man she is falling in love with—the handsome, bullheaded industrialist John Thornton.Skillfully told, North and South is not only an illuminating novel of its era but an enchanting love story that is sure to linger in the hearts of readers long after the last page.AmazonClassics brings you timeless works from the masters of storytelling. Ideal for anyone who wants to read a great work for the first time or rediscover an old favorite, these new editions open the door to literature’s most unforgettable characters and beloved worlds.Revised edition: Previously published as North and South, this edition of North and South (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

▪ This book includes 10 unique illustrations that are relevant to its content.North and South is an industrial novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared as a 22-part weekly serial from September 1854 to January 1855 in the magazine Household Words. It was published as a book, in two volumes, in 1855.The novel is set in the fictional town of Milton-Northern, in the industrial-era North of England. The heroine, Margaret Hale, is a new arrival in the town. She remembers her former home in the South as a rural paradise, and is critical of industrialism. Her opinions are challenged through her relationships with mill-owner John Thornton and the working class Higgins family.North and South was adapted for television by the BBC in 1975 and again in 2004.

North and South is a wonderful blend of social comment on the dramatic changes in society brought about by the industrial revolution and a compelling love story. Written from the author's first-hand experience, the novel follows the story of Margaret Hope, the young heroine, in her move from the tranquil setting in rural southern England to the raw and turbulent northern town of Milton. Margaret takes an instant dislike to her new home and its people. She hates the dirt, noise and lack of civilisation. Her distaste extends to handsome and charismatic cotton mill owner John Thornton whom she believes epitomises everything unpleasant about the North. However, as Margaret gradually begins to settle in Milton, she learns about the poverty and workplace struggles. As events conspire to throw Margaret and Thornton together, the two spirited characters have to overcome their repressed physical attraction for one another and conquer prejudices of class and circumstance. The passion and the history embedded in this narrative is as appealing and engrossing today as when it was first published.Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

North and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. The title indicates a major theme of the book: the contrast between the way of life in the industrial north of England and the wealthier south, although it was only under pressure from her publishers that Gaskell changed the title from its original, Margaret Hale.The book is a social novel that tries to show the industrial North and its conflicts in the mid-19th century as seen by an outsider, a socially sensitive lady from the South. The heroine of the story, Margaret Hale, is the daughter of a Nonconformist minister who moves to the fictional industrial town of Milton after leaving the Church of England. The town is modeled after Manchester, where Gaskell lived as the wife of a Unitarian minister. Gaskell herself worked among the poor and knew at first hand the misery of the industrial areas.

"North and South", novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, written at the request of Charles Dickens and published anonymously in serial form in Household Words from 1854 to 1855 and in book form in 1855. This story of the contrast between the values of rural southern England and the industrial north has a psychological complexity that anticipates George Eliot’s novels of provincial life.In "North and South", Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.SynopsisWhen 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. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction.

North and South' is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in the year 1855 in England. North and South is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England. Forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural south; Margaret Hale settles with her parents in Milton where she witnesses the brutal world wrought by the industrial revolution and employers and workers clashing in the first organised strikes. Sympathetic to the poor; whose courage and tenacity she admires and among whom she makes friends; she clashes with John Thornton; a cotton mill manufacturer who belongs to the nouveaux riches class and whose contemptuous attitude to workers Margaret rejects. The novel traces both her growing understanding of the complexity of labor relations and her impact on well-meaning mill owners; and her conflicted relationship with John Thornton.

An apparently impossible love story between two people with totally different backgrounds, the book written by the Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell also presents the contrasts between the representatives of the old English society, anchored in traditions, and a new world, formed mostly of people who gained a superior social status through efforts and hard work.The novel opens with the heroin, the 19 years old Margaret Hale, returning to the southern village where she was born, Helstone, after spending 10 years in London, at her wealthy relatives Aunt Shaw and cousin Edith. During this time, she completes the typical education of a young lady from the upper classes.Margaret is very happy to return to the place of her childhood and to be reunited with her parents, Mr. Hale, a pastor, and his loving wife. However, this happiness is short lived, as some differences of opinions make her father resign his position, moving with his family in Blackshire, an industrial region.Here, he earns money by tutoring some of the richest people in the area, John Thornton, the owner of the greatest cotton mill there, being one of them. A self-made man, risen from poverty, Thornton is attracted by Margaret, who does not show the same interest in him, disapproving his coarse manners and the harsh way in which he treats the people who work in his factory.After she declines his marriage proposal, the heroin is seen by the protagonist in the company of her brother Frederick, a fugitive naval officer involved in a mutiny, whom Thornton believes to be her lover.In time, Margaret discovers the true nature of Thornton's personality and begins to have feelings for him, but does she have the opportunity to clear the misunderstanding and make the man of her dreams understand that she was accompanied by her brother?