TY - BOOK ID - 80754356 TI - North and South PY - 2008 SN - 1775411842 9781775411840 9781775411840 PB - [Auckland, N.Z.] Floating Press DB - UniCat KW - Fiction KW - Young Women KW - Mothers And Daughters KW - England KW - British And Irish Fiction (Fictional Works By One Author) KW - FICTION KW - YOUNG WOMEN KW - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS KW - ENGLAND KW - BRITISH AND IRISH FICTION (FICTIONAL WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80754356 AB - North and South draws on Gaskell's own experiences of the poverty and hardship of life in the industrial north of England. Her heroine, Margaret Hale, is taken from the wealthy south by her nonconformist minister father, to live in a fictional northern town. The stark differences are explored through Margaret's abrupt change in circumstance, and her sympathetic reaction to the plight of the northerners. She comes into conflict with a local mill owner who proposes marriage to her. The two undergo a series of misunderstandings and changes of heart before they are reunited. ER -