# North and South

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- Book: [North and South](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-gaskell/north-and-south) ([North and South.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-gaskell/north-and-south.md))
- Authors: [Elizabeth Gaskell](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizabeth-gaskell)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4181-451-2
- Pages: 496
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

'How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?' Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. It shows how, forced to move from the country to an industrial northern town, she develops a passionate sense of social justice, and a turbulent relationship with mill-owner John Thornton. North and South depicts a young woman discovering herself, in a nuanced portrayal of what divides people, and what brings them together. This is a stunning new Clothbound Classics edition of Gaskell's famous novel, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.