North and South Volume I

North and South #1

by Elizabeth Gaskell

The book discusses various classes and regions of Victorian England and industrial revolution of the mid-19th century.

Genres: Romance, Classics

340 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1855

About the author

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.

AKA:
Елізабет Гаскелл (Ukrainian)

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not sure about the "Easy Read Edition" part here, but I did love this novel and I have to re-read it every couple of years. Margaret Hale and John Thornton are two characters who just draw one in, and by the end, one is simply haunted by them. I read this first in 1997 and I am still haunted by it. If you don't htave the time to read the book, watch the 2004 BBC adaptation. Yes, the screenwriter took some artistic liberties, but this is one of those stories that I can't say for sure which medium I like it in best. This has to do with the perfection of Sandy Welch's script, the wonderful acting by Richard Armitage, Daniella Denby-Ashe, Sinead Cusack and Tim Pigot-Smith. I love the scene at the train station at the end (one of Sandy Welch's creations--but I think Gaskell would have approved).

[Barbora · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 stars

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Viktoriánský román, který ukazuje realitu života v průmyslové části Anglie.

[Alison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely, from beginning to end. This was one off three most visually/descriptively stunning books I have ever read. It was very interesting to read of the northern manufacturing town--so different from the bucolic southern setting of so many of the era's novels.

[Elizabeth Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the Civil War novel of the same name by John Jakes, but instead a great Victorian novel about the differences between the North and South of England, between classes, between philosophies, and between men and women, all capped off by a perfect mismatched romance.

[Ednila]

I read this book a loooooong time ago and just loved it although the ending was sad. I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I did.