{"product_id":"north-and-south-paperback","title":"North and South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJenny Uglow\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilton is a sooty, noisy northern town centred around the cotton mills that employ most of its inhabitants. Arriving from a rural idyll in the south, Margaret Hale is initially shocked by the social unrest and poverty she finds in her new hometown. However, as she begins to befriend her neighbors, and her stormy relationship with the mill-owner John Thornton develops, she starts to see Milton in a different light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her home ground, her father's comfortably middle-class living in Hampshire and her aunt's establishment in Harley Street, Margaret is exiled to the ugly northern industrial town of Milton. Surprisingly, her social consciousness awakens. It is intensified by a relationship with the local mill-owner, Thornton, that combines passionate attraction with fierce opposition. The novel explores the exploitation of the working class, linking the plight of workers with that of women and probing the myth and reality of the 'north-south divide'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with short stories and a biography of Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) published five more novels including \u003ci\u003eMary Barton\u003c\/i\u003e (1848)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWives and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e (1865). Jenny Uglow is the author of \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHogarth\u003c\/i\u003e--both shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Lunar Men\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN Hessel-Tiltman prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and \u003ci\u003eNature's Engraver\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 7.84 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53452683280691,"sku":"9780099511489","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/MBkqgzdOl-9780099511489.webp?v=1781194238","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/north-and-south-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}