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A review by cinnamonmarti
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
This is a worthy classic that was obviously written with great care and a keen eye for the social and political changes happening during the Industrial revolution.
It might have been a case of "right book, wrong time" for me, because I wasn't captured by the story as much as I'd hoped -- I guess I was expecting something more akin to Austen and Bronte's romance novels. Still, there is no arguing with the great writing and characterisation work here. Margaret is a gem and the star of this novel!
It might have been a case of "right book, wrong time" for me, because I wasn't captured by the story as much as I'd hoped -- I guess I was expecting something more akin to Austen and Bronte's romance novels. Still, there is no arguing with the great writing and characterisation work here. Margaret is a gem and the star of this novel!