false 156538 63 1016482 book 1854 North and South (Penguin Popular Classics) total:3412|5:1406|4:1313|3:548|2:106|1:40| 3412 14174 5908 839 512710 0140434240 9780140434248 346 86 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South 5 8 false Sun Jun 17 12:42:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:48:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 159176 0393979083 9780393979084 102 25 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937m/159176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159176.North_and_South 4 14 false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 11:22:04 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 11:25:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 512710 0140434240 9780140434248 346 86 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South 5 13 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 17:06:59 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 26 13:51:22 -0700 2009 2 Elizabeth Gaskell novel...

Usually, I find the practice of paying authors by the word or the chapter (the books were serialized) lead to meandering plots, excessive description of unimportant things, and cliffhanger...more...]]> 512710 0140434240 9780140434248 346 86 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South 5 10 false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 14 09:28:20 -0800 2007 Tue Sep 16 10:23:12 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4 8 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 12:52:04 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 14:11:31 -0700 2007
The writing is nineteenth century and may not be accessible for all readers, but I find this style soothing and rhythmic. More than anything, though, the book touches the romantic inside me.

A vast majority of the story has little to do with romance. Gaskell f...more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4 5 false Sat Aug 11 07:54:14 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 14:27:41 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 14:44:44 -0700 2007 However, the roles are a little more complex.

Joh...more...]]> 1678237 0141019573 9780141019574 11 3 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186718857m/1678237.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1678237.North_and_South 5 4 false Sat May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Jul 23 10:08:36 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 04 14:30:53 -0700 2009 2
I'd already seen the BBC series before reading the first time so I already knew the story, and I wish I'd come to the books afresh in a way though I do not think that would have al...more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4 3 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 09:01:56 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 10:08:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 159176 0393979083 9780393979084 102 25 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937m/159176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159176.North_and_South 5 2 false Wed Sep 05 14:52:53 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 15:00:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 5 2 false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Jul 24 08:06:04 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:32:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 5 2 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 23:15:20 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 11:31:58 -0700 2009
Not only that, it is even better than the movie, that gorgeous dramatic masterpiece. It will go down as one of my favorite books of all time. I loved Gaskell's exploration of hum...more...]]> 3122082 0099511487 9780099511489 16 6 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3122082.North_and_South 3 1 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 00:02:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 17:54:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3181864 0140623752 9780140623758 17 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260655461m/3181864.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3181864.North_and_South 4 2 false Tue Oct 21 10:52:45 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 21:37:38 -0800 2008
Two characters stand out to me: Margaret Hale and Mrs. Thornton.
Margaret is the one who is always there. She has to break the bad news to fam...more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 5 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 01 09:56:59 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 10:06:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4 2 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 30 14:39:53 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 15:17:57 -0800 2008 North and South, which may well top their mid-nineties adaptation of Pride and Prejudice as the best period mini-series they have ever produced. In fact, it's rather like Pride and Prejudice in some...more...]]> 1030225 0192831941 9780192831941 150 29 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030225.North_and_South 5 2 false Sat Dec 08 15:18:25 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 30 12:12:06 -0800 2008
The story begins by presenting to us the character of Margaret Hale, a middle class young lady who, by her father's decision has t...more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 5 1 false Wed Aug 15 21:40:27 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 21:40:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 15:20:52 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 15:50:29 -0800 2007 more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 5 2 false Thu Jun 12 10:48:27 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 23:45:38 -0800 2008 Pride and Prejudice is among my favorite books of all time. But sometimes it's hard to get around the fact tha...more...]]> 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 2585 633 4.15 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 0 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 01 09:47:12 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:12:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4111868