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After enjoying other Gaskell books, I found North and South disappointing. The writing was plodding, the plot was uninspiring. It was mostly a polemic about the working conditions in Victorian England, but those have been handled much better by other authors.
The love interest was unconvincing, and seemed to be there mostly because she needed some sort of emotional hook, but for me it didn't work.
I would recommend sticking with her Cranford series and Wives and Daughters. She wrote a few others ...more
The love interest was unconvincing, and seemed to be there mostly because she needed some sort of emotional hook, but for me it didn't work.
I would recommend sticking with her Cranford series and Wives and Daughters. She wrote a few others ...more
Discussion at Victorian's group. A masterpiece by Elizabeth Gaskell showing the struggle of the 19th century woman to survive under a Victorian society.
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