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Cover of “North and South” by Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1855

450 pages

Margaret Hale leaves the rural south for the northern mill town of Milton, where she clashes with John Thornton, a mill owner she finds harsh and proud. As a workers' strike divides the town, the two slowly come to respect each other's struggles and see past their first impressions.

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