North and South - Unabridged

"North and South" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a powerful, socially conscious novel that contrasts the industrial North of England with the rural South through the experiences of its heroine, Margaret Hale. When Margaret's father walks away from his career in the church, the family moves from the genteel South to the manufacturing town of Milton. There, Margaret witnesses the harsh realities of industrial life, including poverty, labor unrest, and class conflict.

She meets John Thornton...