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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 11, 2007 about the Paperback edition
  • 3 people find this helpful
    • Ho paura che l'aver visto, prima, la miniserie tratta da questo libro, abbia inficiato irrimediabilmente il mio giudizio.
      E perciò, per quanto mi sia piaciuto, perché è ben scritto, in un inglese per niente faticoso, anzi quasi rilassante per la sua scorrevolezza, perché l'ambientazione, un'imm ... Continue

      Ho paura che l'aver visto, prima, la miniserie tratta da questo libro, abbia inficiato irrimediabilmente il mio giudizio.
      E perciò, per quanto mi sia piaciuto, perché è ben scritto, in un inglese per niente faticoso, anzi quasi rilassante per la sua scorrevolezza, perché l'ambientazione, un'immaginaria città industriale del Nord dell'Inghilterra, è molto bella, perché tratta vari temi (la vita degli operai nelle fabbriche, le differenze tra il Nord e il Sud dell'Inghilterra, e i pregiudizi dell'una verso l'altra parte del Paese), dicevo, per quanto mi sia piaciuto, non riesco a trovarlo così brillante, così acuto, da riuscire ad apprezzarlo in toto.
      Mi sembra che la Gaskell sia una brava scrittrice, ma non una grande scrittrice, che manchi di una certa acutezza, di uno sguardo più ampio, che i suoi personaggi non riescano mai a staccarsi dalla carta per prendere vita, che non riescano mai ad essere abbastanza reali da potersi interessare più di tanto alle loro vicende.
      A suo favore il fatto che pur conoscendo già il finale l'ho letto con gusto e con interesse, e non escludo affatto di leggere altri romanzi della Gaskell in futuro.

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  • Claire N. said on Nov 15, 2008 | 1 feedback
    • ok.... mi vorrei sposare Mr Thoronton! ^_^
      le parti su Margaret e il suo dolore, però, erano un po' troppo lunghe e tediose...

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  • Martadoujin said on Nov 4, 2009
    • quando parlano i lavoratori devo oralizzare la lettura per capire che cribbio c'è scritto!

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  • Jackieale/Kallista said on Oct 6, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| 6 feedbacks

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Book Description

Mary Gaskell's North and South examines the nature of social authority and obedience and provides an insightful description of the role of middle class women in nineteenth century society. Through the story of Margaret Hale, a southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton,
Gaskell skillfully explores issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growing attraction to the mill owner, John Thornton. This new and revised expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate.

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Invito ai classici (1841)
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Paperback 528 Pages
Edition: New
ISBN-10: 0140620192
ISBN-13: 9780140620191
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub date: Jan 25, 2007
Dimensions: 17 cm x 11 cm x 4 cm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
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