North and South is a remarkable piece of Victorian literature which features relevant social issues regarding industrialization and class struggle in mid-19th century England.
The author, Elizabeth Gaskell, based the fictional industrial town of Milton and its factory workers´ hardship on Manchester, where she spent many years, and on her own neighbours’ lives. But this book is also a novel of contrasts and she highlights the disparities between life in the smoky and dusty north and life in the refined southern countryside. Continue reading
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