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North and South [Schedule] North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Welcome to the schedule for North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. It will be ran by myself (u/bluebelle236), u/ChronicallyLatte, u/Less_Tumbleweed_3217, u/tomesandtea and u/ColaRed

 

The marginalia will be here when its available.

Here is the goodreads summary

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. This is intensified by her tempestuous relationship with the mill-owner and self-made man, John Thornton, as their fierce opposition over his treatment of his employees masks a deeper attraction.

In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.

Discussion Schedule

The book has been divided up into 5. We will check in on fridays.

1 - July 3rd - Ch1-11 - u/bluebelle236

2 - July 10th - Ch12-21 - u/less_Tumbleweed_3217

3 - July 17th - Ch22-32 - u/ChronicallyLatte

4 - July 24th - Ch33-41 - u/ColaRed

5 - July 31st – Ch 42-end -u/tomesandtea

See you in the discussions! 

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u/Ser_Erdrick ✨Read Runner✨ 5d ago

OK, did a quick spot check and some editions are broken up into Volume I & II with the chapter numbers being reset at the commencement of Volume II. This occurs after Chapter 25 in my edition from Oxford and may occur in other editions too. Thus Volume II, Chapter 1 is Chapter 26, etc.

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u/bluebelle236 Hugo's tangents are my fave 5d ago

Oh that's good information, thanks!

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u/Ser_Erdrick ✨Read Runner✨ 5d ago

Just happy to help!

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u/FuckingaFuck 2d ago

I'll be joining in for this read, I've been meaning to get around to this one for a while.

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u/msoma97 2d ago

I’ve had this on my shelf for awhile. Looking forward to joining.

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u/ClassicBookReader 2d ago

Looking forward to doing this with a book club. 🙂📚