North and South

North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.’When Margaret Hale is uprooted from Hampshire and moves to the industrial town of Milton in the North of England, her whole world changes. As her sympathy for the town’s mill workers grows, her sense of social injustice piques and she passionately fights their corner. However, just as she disputes the mill owner, John Thornton’s treatment of his workers, she cannot deny her growing attraction to him. Highlighting the changing landscape of nineteenth-century Britain and championing the role of women in Victorian society, Gaskell brilliantly captures the lives of ordinary people through one of her strongest female characters in literature.

NORTH

AND SOUTH

Elizabeth Gaskell

CONTENTS

Cover (#u9e0049cf-4b9e-5567-8f86-726eeaca0e1a)

Title Page (#u63a3caee-8780-53ec-b14e-803e9a66f9b5)

Chapter 1 ‘Haste to the Wedding’ (#ue25890bf-a639-5e5c-abb5-c96e377bca3f)

Chapter 2 Roses and Thorns (#u74e10e62-07ea-5f3a-8afb-b56ccdfe758a)

Chapter 3 ‘The More Haste the Worse Speed’ (#ue8ae534b-d497-5e39-a104-f328ee7d3ef3)

Chapter 4 Doubts and Difficulties (#ufed25346-33ae-5759-96d0-0195c97ae395)

Chapter 5 Decision (#u4562fb75-d9e8-5344-8f9d-3cf433224cdf)

Chapter 6 Farewell (#uc105e1cc-8b18-5aff-a9f8-417c7e21a3c1)

Chapter 7 New Scenes and Faces (#u6ef20959-b52e-5b3c-be75-c1de801658a8)

Chapter 8 Home Sickness (#u275ff47f-7aae-5229-82f9-a8c7dfaba65c)

Chapter 9 Dressing for Tea (#u71ac7aff-ce0a-5103-aba6-d0425609044e)

Chapter 10 Wrought Iron and Gold (#u7218cd13-6713-595b-b7c2-d40f6712e7cd)

Chapter 11 First Impressions (#u23ef8900-2a4d-56f3-b234-302c1c586de1)

Chapter 12 Morning Calls (#u88ff458d-04e4-5b37-8b08-7187ec5d2bd9)

Chapter 13 A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place (#ua82f4733-a0bb-5a7d-9968-abc43cec8047)

Chapter 14 The Mutiny (#udb51aea5-12f2-524c-98e3-eba0b4fce645)

Chapter 15 Masters and Men (#uf5df7280-1f7e-5354-8ce4-49490d7945d9)

Chapter 16 The Shadow of Death (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 What is a strike? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 Likes and Dislikes (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 Angel Visits (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 Men and Gentlemen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 The Dark Night (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 A Blow and its Consequences (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 Mistakes (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 Mistakes Cleared Up (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 Frederick (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 Mother and Son (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 Fruit-Piece (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 Comfort in Sorrow (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 A Ray of Sunshine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 Home at Last (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 ‘Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 Mischances (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33 Peace (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 34 False and True (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 35 Expiation (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 36 Union not Always Strength (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 37 Looking South (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 38 Promises Fulfilled (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 39 Making Friends (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 40 Out of Tune (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 41 The Journey’s End (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 42 Alone! Alone! (#litres_trial_promo)