hennie 's review for:

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

3.75

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north & south reads like a moment in time, including day-to-day life, labour struggles, and social disparities in 1850s england. all of this forms the background for a love story i was excited to see develop. i really enjoyed their discussions in the book's first half

but was disappointed by the lack of interaction after the proposal

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the fact that john changed his way of thinking/became more involved with his workers on his own and not to please margaret (which i thought was going to happen) was great.

in the end,

i would've loved to see them happy together and was consequently sad about the abrupt ending.