North and South
A Novel
$49.10
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2026
Summary
Elizabeth Gaskell’s beloved Victorian classic examines social class, integrity, and the tensions between solidarity and autonomy, through the lens of England’s Industrial Revolution-freshly presented with an introduction by bestselling author Adelle Waldman.
Nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale is devastated when her father unexpectedly gives up their family’s financial security and their picturesque country home in southern England for the dingy northern manufacturing city of Milton. Rais…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798217197262 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelle Waldman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Torchbearers |
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell was born in London in 1810. In 1832, she married William Gaskell, with whom she had four daughters. For over a decade, she wrote for Charles Dickens’s magazine Household Words, where she serially published North and South in its first format. Her other works include the novels Mary Barton, Cranford, Ruth, and Wives and Daughters, as well as a biography of Charlotte Bronte. She died in 1865.
Adelle Waldman is the bestselling author of Help Wanted, named a best book of the year by Vogue, Vulture, Elle, and The Economist, and of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., named a best book of the year by The New Yorker, NPR, Slate, The Economist, and others.
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