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false 512710 <![CDATA[North and South (Penguin Classics)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428s/512710.jpg 156538 63 1016482 book 1854 North and South (Penguin Popular Classics) total:3444|5:1413|4:1331|3:555|2:106|1:40| 3444 14302 5960 841 1413437 3.97 8160 1823 1340 3.78 1806 327 2057407 135952 512710 0140434240 9780140434248 86 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428s/512710.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South 4.18 349 1854 5 8 false Sun Jun 17 12:42:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:48:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15704963 520526 159176 0393979083 9780393979084 25 <![CDATA[North and South (Norton Critical Editions)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937m/159176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937s/159176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159176.North_and_South 4.17 103 North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. This Norton Critical Edition of her best-selling novel is annotated and edited by preeminent Gaskell scholar Alan Shelston.

"Contexts" includes contemporary reviews and correspondence related to North and South, along with the full text of Gaskell's 1850 short story "Lizzie Leigh," which, like North and South, is set in industrial Manchester and deals with strong working women. This topic is further addressed in Bessie Rayner Parkes's essay on Victorian working women.

"Criticism" collects eleven assessments of the novel, among them Louis Cazamian's 1904 study of industrial fiction and Hilary Schor's recent study of North and South in the context of discourse analysis.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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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...]]> 9103917 619198 512710 0140434240 9780140434248 86 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428m/512710.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175410428s/512710.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/512710.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 6285961 335117 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.13 2609 1854 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...]]> 1498176 97797 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 28060586 1356469 1678237 0141019573 9780141019574 3 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186718857m/1678237.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186718857s/1678237.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1678237.North_and_South 4.55 11 1854 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...]]> 6381657 390810 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 5727504 254943 159176 0393979083 9780393979084 25 <![CDATA[North and South (Norton Critical Editions)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937m/159176.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172276937s/159176.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159176.North_and_South 4.15 3444 North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. This Norton Critical Edition of her best-selling novel is annotated and edited by preeminent Gaskell scholar Alan Shelston.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

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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...]]> 49934973 1376766 3122082 0099511487 9780099511489 6 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3122082.North_and_South 4.18 17 1854 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...]]> 35858433 1642326 3181864 0140623752 9780140623758 9 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260655461m/3181864.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260655461s/3181864.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3181864.North_and_South 4.28 18 1854 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...]]> 19202369 1018754 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 14089463 381149 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 10152233 635443 1030225 0192831941 9780192831941 29 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1030225.North_and_South 4.25 150
North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny, it poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Through the story of Margaret Hale, the middle-class southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skilfully explores issues of class and gender in the conflict between Margaret's ready sympathy with the workers and her growing attraction to the charismatic mill ownder, John Thornton. This new revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate.]]> 1854 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...]]> 4622208 260625 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 5 1 false Wed Aug 15 21:40:27 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 21:40:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9728639 144886 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 24331779 825776 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 3908261 210501 156538 0140620192 9780140620191 635 <![CDATA[North and South]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156538.North_and_South 4.15 3444 1854 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...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=512710