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ISBN: 9780192815958
En 'Norte y Sur', Elizabeth Gaskell fusiona hábilmente el sentimiento individual con la preocupación social, y en Margaret Hale crea una de las heroínas más originales de la literatura victoriana. Cuando su padre deja la Iglesia en una crisis de conciencia, Margaret Hale es desarraigada de su cómoda casa en Hampshire para mudarse con su familia al norte de Inglaterra. Inicialmente rechazada por la fealdad de su nuevo entorno en la ciudad industrial de Milton, Margaret se da cuenta de la pobreza y el sufrimiento de los trabajadores de la fábrica local y desarrolla un apasionado sentido de la justicia social. Esto se intensifica por su tempestuosa relación con el dueño de la fábrica y hombre hecho a sí mismo, John Thornton, ya que su feroz oposición sobre su trato a sus empleados enmascara una atracción más profunda.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer detailed studies of Victorian society, including the lives of the very poor. Her first novel, Mary Barton, was published in 1848. Her only biography The Life of Charlotte Brontë, published in 1857, was controversial and significant in establishing the Brontë family's lasting fame. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford (1851–1853), North and South (1854–1855), and Wives and Daughters (1864–1866), all of which have been adapted for television by the BBC.
