midnightbagel 's review for:

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

3.0

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Ok here’s my victorianist hot take — this disappointed me! i’m sure i just hyped it up too much for myself, and i still think gaskell is That Bitch, but this would be a 2 on pure engagement if it wasn’t also so smart and a perfect example of the victorian socialist industrial novel as like, a literary artifact. also, margaret was not my fave, where’s the spice? gaskell can do better!