{"product_id":"north-and-south-paperback-9","title":"North and South - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gaskell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving grown up in London and rural southern England, Margaret Hale moves with her father to the northern industrial city of Milton. She is shocked by the poverty she encounters and dismayed by the unsympathetic attitude of the textile-mill owner John Thornton, whose factory workers are engaged in an acrimonious strike. Against this backdrop of social unrest, the relationship between the two is tumultuous, and it takes further upheaval and tragedy for them to see each other in a different light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst serialized in Dickens's magazine \u003ci\u003eHousehold Words\u003c\/i\u003e in the same period as \u003ci\u003eHard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/i\u003e shares its famous counterpart's concern with the inequality and hardship generated by the Industrial Revolution in northern England, while at the same time creating one of the nineteenth century's most memorable and engaging female protagonists in Margaret Hale.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for her vivid and sensitive depictions of the many social classes of Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was one of her era's foremost novelists, with \u003ci\u003eCranford \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNorth and South\u003c\/i\u003e remaining among the nation's favourite novels to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725543641151,"sku":"9781847497161","price":14.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7b1316d4834e417c5737ab256d8992a9.webp?v=1765106979","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/north-and-south-paperback-9","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}