However, throughout the book, the reader really comes to appreciate the hard work of both him and his mother, who worked their way up from nearly nothing.Ĭountless disagreements between Margaret and Mr. Thornton seems to be a rather severe character at first, and his family is simply dreadful. Thornton, a master at one of the mills and a student and close friend of her fathers. Mr. She does make friends, but she also manages to rub people up the wrong way, no one more so than Mr. Margaret finds herself in a cramped and tasteless house in a strange town where everything seems rough and vulgar – especially the people. Milton could not be more different to the tranquil idyll that is Helstone. The family leave behind their peaceful life in Helstone and move to the grimy, dirty and noisy industrial town of Milton, where Mr. Unfortunately for Margaret, her stay in Helstone is not to be permanent due to her father, the local pastor, refusing to renew his vows. When Gaskell describes the southern hamlet that Margaret loves so much, it sounds like heaven. Margaret Hale, who has spent much of her life in London is returning to her family home in Helstone. I believe that I would feel very differently about the book if I had read it first. Possibly watching the series first was a mistake, as it definitely made me biased towards certain characters. Thornton!) so I was very eager to read the book by Elizabeth Gaskell. I loved everything about the BBC adaptation of North and South (especially Richard Armitage as Mr.
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