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North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

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* Week 2: Introduction
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Jun 19, 2020 Joy Gerbode rated it really liked it

This is a good story of a time long ago, and yet, not so very different from things we're seeing now. Factory owners who won't consider the needs of their workers, and workers who strike for more wages and better conditions, and the fight goes on. Margaret seems to live a very difficult life, yet she is overall gracious and good-hearted. Several possible romances begin to bloom and are nipped off. Margaret (and her family) leave their beloved home in the south to relocate to a smoky and dirty fa ...more

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Nov 17, 2021 Renee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Interesting comparisons can be made between Mrs. Gaskell’s work here and Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. While Sinclair’s work focuses almost solely on the working class in Chicago, Mrs. Gaskell attempts a more even-handed treatment of mill life from multiple perspectives. Miss Hale, giving the outside, and attempted unbiased perspective, can seem a bit posh in her snubbing of different groups for different preconceived reasons.
Another 20th century work that “North and South” brought to mind was “Atla ...more

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