When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is outraged. But this throws her into direct conflict with the powerful young mill-owner, John Thornton. Using personal passions to explore deep social divisions, North and South is a great romance and one of Elizabeth Gaskell's finest works.
4 I Submit. You Are Rather Severe Tonight, Margaret
5 Chapter 2: Roses and Thorns
6 It Was the Latter Part of July When Margaret Returned Home
7 And Walk Margaret Did, in Spite of the Weather
8 Chapter 3: The More Haste the Worse Speed
9 Mrs. Hale Took Off Her Black Silk Apron
10 The Conversation at Dinner Flowed on Quietly and Agreeably
11 Margaret, Said He, Taking Her By Surprise
12 Chapter 4: Doubts and Difficulties
- Disc 2 -
1 The Sight of Her Distress
2 Was It to Be So Sudden Then?
3 Mr. Hale Continued
4 Chapter 5: Decision
5 The Fine Crisp Morning Made Her Mother Feel
6 Mistaken As Margaret Felt Her Fathers Conduct
7 And Then in Tears, Margaret Left Her
8 Margaret Needed All Dixons Help in Action
9 Chapter 6: Farewell
10 The Study Was All Ready for Tea
11 Chapter 7: New Scenes and Faces
12 There Were No Letters Awaiting Him
- Disc 3 -
1 Margaret Could Not Help Her Looks
2 Chapter 8: Home Sickness
3 Yes! Margaret Remembered It Well
4 It Fell to Margarets Share to Have to Look Out for a Servant
5 One Day Margaret and Her Father
6 Chapter 9: Dressing for Tea
7 In Mr. Thorntons House at This Very Same Time
8 Chapter 10: Wrought Iron and Gold
9 She Rearranged Her Mothers Worsted-Work
10 Margarets Lip Curled, But Somehow She Was Compelled
11 Chapter 11: First Impressions
12 One Afternoon She Met Bessy Higgins in the Street
13 Bessy Had Been Watching Margarets Face
- Disc 4 -
1 Chapter 12: Morning Calls
2 Margaret Was Busy Embroidering
3 Chapter 13: A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place
4 Bessy Moved Uneasily
5 From That Day Forwards Mrs. Hale Became More and More
6 Chapter 14: The Mutiny
7 But We Did Not Receive This Letter
8 Chapter 15: Masters and Men
9 At Last Mrs. Thornton Came in
10 She Smiled a Grim Smile
11 Mr. Thornton Came That Evening to Mr. Hales
12 Mr. Hale Spoke Next
13 I Only State the Fact
- Disc 5 -
1 Chapter 16: The Shadow of Death
2 Meanwhile Margaret Had Returned Into Her Fathers Study
3 She Was in Violent Hysterics
4 Chapter 17: What Is a Strike?
5 But All This Time You've Not Told Me What
6 Her Father Went Out of Doors
7 Chapter 18: Likes and Dislikes
8 Well, Mother, Asked Mr. Thornton That Night
9 Have the Hands Actually Turned Out? Asked Mrs. Thornton
10 Chapter 19: Angel Visits
11 I Wish I Could See You Dressed Up, Said Bessy
12 The Medicines and Treatment
13 It's No Use Higgins
- Disc 6 -
1 Margaret Sat Utterly Silent
2 Chapter 20: Men and Gentlemen
3 Mrs. Hale Would Have Been More Than Interested
4 He Was Not in the Habit of Talking to Ladies
5 Chapter 21: The Dark Night
6 Dr. Donaldson Took His Arm and Led Him
7 Mrs. Hale Herself Was Not Aware When She Awoke
8 Chapter 22: A Blow and It's Consequences
9 From Some Cause or Other, There Was a Pause
10 Margaret Felt Intuitively, That in An Instant
11 But the Retrograde Movement Towards the Gate Had Begun
12 Oh, Dear, Dear! Said Fanny, Crying
13 Chapter 23: Mistakes
- Disc 7 -
1 The Tea Would Have Been Very Silent
2 Margaret Entered the Room
3 Chapter 24: Mistakes Cleared Up
4 I Do Not Want to Be Relieved from Any Obligation
5 Chapter 25: Frederick
6 When She Got There, She Found Bessy
7 Margaret Read in Her Soft Low Voice
8 Margaret Did Not Think of Anything
9 Chapter 26: Mother and Son
10 Mrs. Thornton Had Sat in the Dining-Room All Day
11 His Step at Last!
12 Chapter 27: Fruit-Piece
13 He Went at An Unusual Pace
- Disc 8 -
1 Chapter 28: Comfort in Sorrow
2 Margaret Felt That He Acknowledged Her Power
3 But He Slouched His Cap Low Down Over His Brow
4 In the First Place
5 Nicholas Higgins Suddenly Stood Straight
6 About the Wages, Said Mr. Hale
7 Mr. Hale Saw That Higgins Was Vexed
8 Chapter 29: A Ray of Sunshine
9 Do You Know Margaret, I Really Begin Quite to Like
10 Chapter 30: Home at Last
11 During the Time That Mrs. Thornton
12 He Threw Himself Forward
- Disc 9 -
1 Margaret Could Not Sit Still
2 If Margaret Thought Fredericks Theory
3 Chapter 31: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?
4 Towards Evening Dixon Said to Her
5 It Was Evident That Frederick Must Go
6 Frederick Was Silent for a Time
7 Chapter 32: Mischances
8 They Went Back to the Station
9 Chapter 33: Peace
10 Margaret Sat By Him in the Coach
11 Chapter 34: False and True
12 The Inspector Was Almost Daunted By the Haughtiness
13 Chapter 35: Expiation
- Disc 10 -
1 Mr. Thornton Had Hardly Gone
2 Very Grey and Stern Did Mr. Thornton Look
3 She Threw Herself, Dressed As She Was
4 Margaret Turned to the Envelope
5 Mr. Hales Cheerful Subjects Had Come to An End
6 Chapter 36: Union Not Always Strength
7 There Was a Little Pause
8 Six Men Walked in the Middle of the Road
9 Margaret Saved Her from Falling
10 Chapter 37: Looking South
11 No More Contempt for Her!
12 Help You! How? I Would Do Anything
- Disc 11 -
1 How Proud That Man Is!
2 Chapter 38: Promises Fulfilled
3 I Do Not See Any Harm in What She Did That Evening
4 The More Mrs. Thornton Thought Over
5 Margarets Eyes Flashed Fire
6 Mr. Thornton Was Not Spending the Morning
7 Chapter 39: Making Friends
8 She Found Nicholas Busily Engaged
9 Higginss Obstinacy Wavered
10 Margaret Was Silent
11 Chapter 40: Out of Tune
12 They Found Margaret with a Letter Open Before Her
13 Mr. Thornton Laughed Outright at This
14 When He Had Somewhat Abruptly Left the Room
- Disc 12 -
1 She Did Not Breathe Freely
2 Chapter 41: The Journeys End
3 When Her Father Had Driven Off
4 The Next Day She Had the Little Boucher Children
5 And Mr. Hale Thought of Margaret
6 If Mr. Bell Had Had a Prophetic Eye
7 Chapter 42: Alone! Alone!
8 In the Same Spirit of Kindness
9 Mrs. Thornton and Fanny Were in the Dining-Room
10 Mr. Thorntons Eyes Glowed Like Red Embers
11 Chapter 43: Margarets Flittin
12 The House Teemed with Comfort Now
13 Nicholas Was Out
- Disc 13 -
1 At This Instant Mr. Thornton Entered
2 Chapter 44: Ease Not Peace
3 She Looked Forward with Longing
4 And with Tea Came Mr. Henry Lennox
5 He Joked, to Give Her Time to Recover
6 Chapter 45: Not All a Dream
7 Chapter 46: Once and Now
8 Margaret Tried to Speak
9 Here and There Old Trees Had Been Felled
10 They Did Not Speak Much More
11 The Parsonage Was So Altered, Both Inside and Out
- Disc 14 -
1 Margaret Was Silent for Some Time
2 No, You Would Not
3 But It Was No Smiling Matter to Margaret
4 Chapter 47: Something Wanting
5 She's a Papist, Miss, Isn't She?
6 Chapter 48: Neer to Be Found Again
7 Mr. Bell Did Not Make His Appearance
8 Chapter 49: Breathing Tranquillity
9 But All This Time for Thought
- Disc 15 -
1 Chapter 50: Changes at Milton
2 He Reviewed His Position As a Milton Manufacturer
3 Stop a Minute, Measter
4 He Turned Away from Her and Covered His Face
5 Chapter 51: Meeting Again
6 Margaret Looked with An Anxious Eye at Mr. Thornton
7 I Have Been Unsuccessful in Business
8 Chapter 52: Pack Clouds Away
9 Her Voice Had Cleared Itself
When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is outraged. But this throws her into direct conflict with the powerful young mill-owner, John Thornton. Using personal passions to explore deep social divisions, North and South is a great romance and one of Elizabeth Gaskell's finest works.
