NORTH AND SOUTH SUMMARY SERIES

Hale tells Margaret the Thornton's have invited them to a society dinner. Bessy says that people down south do not suffer like people up north, but Margaret refutes the statement and tells Bessy about her mother's illness. Margaret visits Bessy and they talk of the impending strike. Margaret decides not to tell her father, as he is likely to blame himself. Hale and diagnoses her with a deadly illness. Thornton he has no humanity.Дoctor Donaldson visits Mrs. Thornton pontificates about the north, ending her harangue by stating the workers are about to go on strike. Thornton again because her mother needs a doctor. A few days later Margaret has to see Mrs. When she leaves the house, she tells Fanny not to form a friendship with Margaret. However, for her son's sake, she maintains a certain level of politeness. Thornton is a very proud, northern lady and has already taken a dislike to the southern Hales. Thornton is coming for dinner with her daughter Fanny.

He tells Margaret not to preach to his daughter. They are having a serious conversation about religion when Bessy's father Nicholas interrupts. Margaret makes friends with an ill girl called Bessy Higgins. Thornton says the north is a much tougher life and to prove it tells the story of his rise from poverty. Thornton and Margaret argue about the differences between the north and south of England. Hale loves his work as a private tutor and particularly gets on well with his student John Thornton. Margaret enjoys going out for walks and the attention she receives from both men and women. It does not possess the luxury of their vicarage in Helstone, but suits all their needs with enough room to house their servant Dixon.

They move to Milton almost immediately and with the help of the local mill owner, John Thornton, they find a suitable house. He tells Margaret they are moving to Milton in the industrial North. Lennox, but it is something even more important. Margaret thinks he wants to talk about Mr. She declines the offer and soon after Mr. Lennox tells Margaret he wants to marry her. It is while she is preparing to go outside and draw that her servant announces the arrival of her old friend Henry Lennox. Once back in the countryside she reverts to her old habits of walking and drawing. Edith is getting married to Colonel Lennox, which means Margaret has to move back to her parents' home in Helstone. The novel begins in London, where Margaret lives with her aunt and cousin Edith.

NORTH AND SOUTH SUMMARY SERIES

Margaret struggles to adapt to the harder lifestyle of the North, but after a series of tragedies, she finds she is a far stronger and braver person than she ever thought. It tells the story of Margaret Hale and her move from the South of England to the Industrial North. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is a social novel set in early Victorian times.

North and south summary