January 2016 Host: Stephanie
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Summary
This novel captures the social divide and how the
manufacturing and trading industries were revolutionizing in England in the
1850s. Margaret Hale, the daughter of a
respected clergyman and her family, move from the south of England to the
Northern industrialized town of Milton after her father leaves the church. The descriptions of life in London, the
country village of Helstone, and the manufacturing town of Milton are colorful
and the reader feels at times that they are there. The development of the love story between
Margaret and Thornton (the mill-owner) around the struggle of Victorian social classes
and economic classes is intriguing. Margaret,
living between two worlds - the millworkers and the owners - does not hesitate
to share her views. This novel is
entertaining and thought provoking, and also a compelling love story. This is one of the great classic novels and
is highly recommended.
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A delicious Mexican buffet and dessert (which I forgot to take pictures of).