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North & South

By Elizabeth Gaskell

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| Library Binding | 9780781200387

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A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. This Norton Critical Edition of her best-selling novel is annotated and edited by preeminent Gaskell scholar Alan Shelston.

"Contexts" includContinue

A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. This Norton Critical Edition of her best-selling novel is annotated and edited by preeminent Gaskell scholar Alan Shelston.

"Contexts" includes contemporary reviews and correspondence related to North and South, along with the full text of Gaskell's 1850 short story "Lizzie Leigh," which, like North and South, is set in industrial Manchester and deals with strong working women. This topic is further addressed in Bessie Rayner Parkes's essay on Victorian working women.

"Criticism" collects eleven assessments of the novel, among them Louis Cazamian's 1904 study of industrial fiction and Hilary Schor's recent study of North and South in the context of discourse analysis.

A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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  • 4 people find this helpful

    Chick Lit with Serious Realism

    I think this is a book would please any girl who loves chick lit, and at the same time, satisfy all who want to feel they are serious about literature (and so will not read giddy, lightheaded novels). Gaskell manages a good balance between the romance she allows her main characters and the social e ... (continue)

    I think this is a book would please any girl who loves chick lit, and at the same time, satisfy all who want to feel they are serious about literature (and so will not read giddy, lightheaded novels). Gaskell manages a good balance between the romance she allows her main characters and the social economical issues that are her main concern for writing this book. She also manages to preach without being too pushy in her prose. It is a very enjoyable read, gushing and romantic, but also serious and not giddy.

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    Meem said on Dec 12, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    Oh MIo DIO

    While she sought for this papaer, her very heart-pulse was arrested by the tone in which Mr. Thornton spoke. His voice was hoarse, and trembling with tender passion as he said: "Margaret!".
    For an istant she looked up; and then sought to veil her luminous eyes by dropping her forehead on her hands. ... (continue)

    While she sought for this papaer, her very heart-pulse was arrested by the tone in which Mr. Thornton spoke. His voice was hoarse, and trembling with tender passion as he said: "Margaret!".
    For an istant she looked up; and then sought to veil her luminous eyes by dropping her forehead on her hands. Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name.
    "Margaret!"
    Still lower went the head; more closely hidden was the face, almost resting on the table before her. He came close to her, He knelt by her side, to bring his face to a level with her ear; and whispered - panted out the words-: "Take care -If you do not speak - I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. - Send me away at once, if I must go; - Margaret!"
    At that third call she turned her face, still covered with her small white hands, towards him, and laid it on his shoulder, hiding it even here; it was too delicious to feel her soft cheek against his, for him to wish to see either deep blushes or loving eyes. He clasped her close. But they both keep silence. At lenght she murmured in a broken voice:
    "Oh Mr. Thornton, Im not good enough!"

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    Gonza said on Jan 23, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    Un semi-sconosciuto gioiello della letteratura

    "Are you become so helpless as to have to be defended by a girl?"
    asked Mrs. Thornton, scornfully.
    He reddened. "Not many girls would have taken the blows on herself which were meant for me;--meant with right down
    good-will, too."
    "A girl in love will do a good deal," replied Mrs. Thornton,
    short     ... (continue)

    "Are you become so helpless as to have to be defended by a girl?"
    asked Mrs. Thornton, scornfully.
    He reddened. "Not many girls would have taken the blows on herself which were meant for me;--meant with right down
    good-will, too."
    "A girl in love will do a good deal," replied Mrs. Thornton,
    shortly.
    "Mother!" He made a step forwards; stood still; heaved with
    passion.
    She was a little startled at the evident force he used to keep
    himself calm. She was not sure of the nature of the emotions she
    had provoked. It was only their violence that was clear. Was it
    anger? His eyes glowed, his figure was dilated, his breath came
    thick and fast. It was a mixture of joy, of anger, of pride, of
    glad surprise, of panting doubt; but she could not read it. Still
    it made her uneasy...

    Questo libro è un capolavoro. Conobbi Elizabeth Gaskell per la prma volta guardando lo sceneggiato della BBC tratto da questo libro, e ne rimasi molto colpita. Ho deciso di leggerlo, e me ne sono innamorata. Lo stile della Gaskell è passionale e coinvolgente,e i personaggi sono formidabili: Mr.Thornton e la sua bruciante passione, sua madre, orgogliosa e fiera del proprio figlio, Margaret, donna forte e indipendente. L'unico libro che è riuscito a catturarmi tanto è stato Persuasion di Jane Austen. Mi meraviglio che un tale capolavoro non sia ancora arrivato in Italia. 5 stelline meritatissime.

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    ♪ Federica ♪ said on Jun 15, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • "These books are made for readin'" cantava Nancy Sinatra..O almeno una cosa del genere. . .

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    Jo said on Feb 23, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • When Charles Dickens met Jane Austen in Milton

    When I bought this book, I was already acquainted with other Gaskell's novels (as "Wives and daughters" or "Ruth"); I liked them very much, but they can't be compared with this wonderful and formidable picture of human feelings in the new industrialized growing society.
    In this novel we can find a ... (continue)

    When I bought this book, I was already acquainted with other Gaskell's novels (as "Wives and daughters" or "Ruth"); I liked them very much, but they can't be compared with this wonderful and formidable picture of human feelings in the new industrialized growing society.
    In this novel we can find a clear description of difficulties caused by the industrialization that led to a more evident differentiation between poor and rich, often identified respectively with workers and masters.
    Elizabeth Gaskell described characters belonging to every social class without prejudice, dispensing bad or good indifferently on both sides, simply describing the events that contribute to create the basis of social rights with a surprising foresight, never forgetting every possible human passion (including love, friendship, loyalty and Faith).
    This real hard world is thus represented by the two unforgettable main characters: two young people, a man and a woman, that come through harshness and prejudices of their own world with a firmness of character and a passionate conduct so rarely seen in the literature of the time.

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    Vdeangelis said on Mar 7, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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