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North and South
  

North and South (Hardcover)

de Elizabeth Gaskell (Author) "'EDITH!' said Margaret, gently, 'Edith!' ..." En savoir plus
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Mrs. Gaskell uses the contrast of northern and southern England as a framework for an indepth examination of Victorian society. Her characters are complex, representing the rising working class, the intelligence, the aristocracy and the clergy. The narrator does an excellent job of rendering dialect differences among characters, adding depth to the story. Through her compassionate voice we are able to feel the conflict, vexation and the introspective struggle of the main characters. The prolonged conversations among characters make listening somewhat tedious, but the listener will be rewarded by persevering to the end. J.K.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient de la Audio Cassette édition.

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`she tried to settle that most difficult problem for women, how much was to be utterly merged in obedience to authority, and how much might be set apart for freedom in working.' North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny, it poses fundamental questions about the nature of social authority and obedience. Through the story of Margaret Hale, the middle-class southerner who moves to the northern industrial town of Milton, Gaskell skilfully explores issues of class and gender in the conflict between Margaret's ready sympathy with the workers and her growing attraction to the charismatic mill ownder, John Thornton. This new revised and expanded edition sets the novel in the context of Victorian social and medical debate. --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Amazing!, Juil 16 2004
I just loved this book! For all the Janeites (such as me...) it should also be a pleasure to read this book. True, Mrs. Gaskell writes about social and economical changes in the 19th century, however, she doesn't develop this aspect too much. She only writes about the "nice" workers, who don't "drink their salary" and who are being unfairly exploited by the masters. She sticks to the paternalistic view of the 19th century, and she is not revolutionary in a sense that the social conventions will be respected. The story is pretty much about the characters, and less about the environment.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Gaskell's Victorian novel with modern ideas, Fév 4 2004
Par V. Gelczis "boss_of_rain" (Bay Area, CA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I agree with a lot that is written in the previous reviews here. Yes, there is a very slow start to this novel. I wonder whether that's because it was first serialized by Dickens, and Mrs. Gaskell was paid by the word. And, yes, the ending is rather abrupt, especially preceded by the last few slow chapters. Maybe Dickens lost his patience.

In so many ways, though, this novel is a treasure. It's not easy to write a political novel with a strong love story and good characterizations. Gaskell takes on quite a bit and mostly succeeds in her task of describing the changes industrialization brought to England. She balances her sympathy for the workers in the factories with the dilemmas posed to the mill owners by new machinery, competition from abroad, and the threats of potential workers' strikes. She contrasts very effectively the excitement of this new way of life against the nostalgia for the agrarian past. These were new concepts in Victorian England, but they are not so foreign today that we cannot readily understand their significance.

She gives us a sympathetic and spirited heroine in Margaret Hale, who is wise beyond her years. Another colorful character is Nicholas Higgins. I found myself looking forward to his scenes because he provides the humor in an almost-humorless book. (It is funny at the end, though, and I would have liked to have seen more of this tone.)

Mr. Thornton is a character we can readily identify with--someone who triumphs over adversity and seeks to constantly better himself. Someone with high standards, yet none higher than he holds himself to. Margaret is his match in every way.

I did see many plot similarities with "Pride and Prejudice" in the love story. We have characters of different class backgrounds who are initially repelled but who come to appreciate each other and are kept apart by misunderstandings and circumstances. The proposal scenes are strikingly familiar, and the first proposal includes almost the same language (re gentlemanlike behavior) that Elizabeth speaks to Darcy. And we have a Lady Catherine DeBourgh character in Mrs. Thornton, who does her best to drive the lovers apart. But I can't fault Mrs. Gaskell for borrowing plotlines from the master. Although Gaskell is a strong writer, she does not quite have Jane Austen's gift for revealing the humanity in her characters with humor and affection. There is not much "fun" and no banter (until the very last lines of the book) in the North and South love story.

There are many plot contrivances and conveniences, too, which compel us to suspend disbelief. A few too many rapid deaths, a character's coincidental presence at a key scene, another character showing up in an unexpected place, and more. But these limitations serve to drive the story and allow us to focus on the strong moral characters of our central characters and our strong wish for their eventual reconciliation.

In the Penguin edition, it is also rather disturbing to find the plot given away in the footnotes. I read the footnotes religiously to orient myself, but I don't understand why they have to mention so many plot occurrences (especially big things like deaths and proposals) ahead of time. So, if you don't want to know how things go, read the footnotes (and preface) judiciously.

OK, I've written a lot of negatives and yet I give the book 4 stars. Despite its flaws, North and South takes on a lot and mainly succeeds. I love its ambition and its great heart. I love that I learned a lot about English history at that particular time. I love that it rewarded me for getting through those first 150 pages with a rich, compelling story. I love that Mrs. Gaskell held my interest to the end. As Victorian novels go, this is surprisingly modern and a worthwhile read.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Suprisingly modern and captivating, Déc 18 2003
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Gaskell's sprawling and sometimes frustratingly uneven novel was in fact almost impossible for me to put down. Her characters--particularly Margaret, the conscience of the novel--are well-developed and more sophisicated in their construction than the characters in many of the other classically Victorian novels. The plot is slightly unwieldly, but certainly entertaining. Gaskell well understood how to keep an audience's attention. We are treated to what feels like a rich panorama of British society at the time Gaskell was writing, from the drawing-rooms of London to the smoky streets of the newly forming northern industrial cities.

And the social mores of newly industrial Britian are thoroughly dissected by Gaskell and though she certainly moralizes, her social conscience is intellgient and more subtle than that present in the works of some of her contemporaries. Ultimately, there are real issues at stake in this novel--the inhumanity sometimes present in capitalistic societies and the inevitability of technological progress and societal change. Themes that certainly still apply to our contemporary world situation. In this way, Gaskell's novel has an interresting twinge of modernity in its implications. Plus, there's a moving love story as well, about fully-realized and interesting characters, with some of the best and wittiest dialogue saved for the very last scene...

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