North and South

A parson's daughter from the soft green south lands in a smoke-black cotton town on the eve of a strike. Milton makes nothing but money, and Margaret arrives with a full set of certainties, which the first master she meets — self-made, unmarried, watching her — begins to take personally. Gaskell gave the industrial north a love story in which the arguments are the courtship. You are Margaret Hale, and you are on the doorstep when the mob comes.

Chapters

1. Haste to the WeddingHarley Street Drawing Room
2. Roses and ThornsHelstone Parsonage
3. The More Haste the Worse SpeedHelstone Woods
4. Doubts and DifficultiesHelstone Study
5. DecisionHelstone Parsonage
6. FarewellHelstone and Northbound Train
7. New Scenes and FacesHeston and Milton
8. Home SicknessCrampton House and Milton Streets
9. Dressing for TeaCrampton House
10. Wrought Iron and GoldCrampton Drawing Room
11. First ImpressionsCrampton and Higgins's Court
12. Morning CallsCrampton Drawing Room
13. Soft Breeze in a Sultry PlaceHiggins's Rooms
14. The MeetingCrampton Bedroom
15. Masters and MenMarlborough Mill House
16. The Shadow of DeathCrampton House
17. What Is a Strike?Higgins's Rooms
18. Likes and DislikesCrampton Drawing Room
19. Angel VisitsCrampton and Higgins's Rooms
20. Men and GentlemenCrampton and Marlborough Mill House
21. The Dark NightCrampton and Marlborough Street
22. A Blow and Its ConsequencesMarlborough Mill Yard
23. MistakesCrampton House
24. Mistakes Cleared UpCrampton Drawing Room
25. FrederickHiggins's Rooms and Crampton
26. Mother and SonCrampton Drawing Room
27. Fruit-PieceCrampton and Higgins's Court
28. Comfort in SorrowHiggins's Rooms and Crampton Study
29. A Ray of SunshineCrampton Drawing Room
30. Home at LastCrampton House
31. Should Auld Acquaintance Be ForgotCrampton House
32. MischancesCrampton and Outwood Station
33. PeaceCrampton House and Funeral Road
34. False and TrueCrampton Study
35. ExpiationCrampton House
36. Union Not Always StrengthHiggins House and Boucher Street
37. Looking SouthBoucher House and Crampton House
38. Promises FulfilledCrampton Drawing Room
39. Making FriendsHiggins House and Boucher Street
40. Out of TuneCrampton Drawing Room
41. The Journey's EndCrampton House
42. Alone! Alone!Crampton Drawing Room and Study
43. The FlittingCrampton House and Milton Streets
44. Ease Not PeaceHarley Street Drawing Room
45. Not All a DreamHarley Street Breakfast Room
46. Once and NowHelstone and the Lennard Arms
47. Something WantingHarley Street Drawing Room
48. Ne'er to Be Found AgainHarley Street and Oxford
49. Breathing TranquillityHarley Street and Cromer Coast
50. Changes at MiltonHarley Street Library
51. Meeting AgainHarley Street Dining Room
52. Pack Clouds AwayHarley Street Back Drawing Room

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