Margaret Hale - North and South - by Elizabeth Gaskell

“Come on, poor little heart! Be cheerful and courageous. We will be a great deal to each other if we are thrown away and left desolate!” Margaret Hale is ripped from her idyllic, calm Helstone into a busy, polluted, foggy world. Unhappy, feeling lost, she soon develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with Mr. Thornton, whose fierce opposition conceals a deeper attraction. Praised by Charles Dickens as an “admirable story, full of personality and power”, the romance between an arrogant but sensitive heroine and an intelligent and dynamic man, addresses political, philosophical and economic issues. An unflinching depiction of the grim conditions of Victorian-era workers. Gaskell skillfully created one of the most original heroines in Victorian literature!