North and South
by Elizabeth Gaskell
“Where the soot of the industrial revolution meets the fire of an undeniable passion.”
Uprooted from the genteel rural South and thrust into a soot-choked industrial town, Margaret Hale must navigate a world of fierce labor strikes and rigid social divides. In this powerful clash between old-world tradition and gritty progress, she finds an unexpected connection that challenges everything she thought she knew about love and justice.
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