North and South(V) 北與南(英文版)
NorthandSouthbyElizabethGaskellisfirstpublishedinbookformin1855originallyappearedasatwenty-two-partweeklyserialfromSeptember1854throughJanuary1855inthemagazineHouseholdWords,editedbyCharlesDickens.Thetitleindicatesamajorthemeofthebook:thecontrastbetweenthewayoflifeintheindustrialnorthofEnglandandthewealthiersouth,althoughitwasonlyunderpressurefromherpublishersthatGaskellchangedthetitlefromitsoriginal,MargaretHale.ThebookisasocialnovelthattriestoshowtheindustrialNorthanditsconflictsinthemid-19thcenturyasseenbyanoutsider,asociallysensitiveladyfromtheSouth.Theheroineofthestory,MargaretHale,isthedaughterofaNonconformistministerwhomovestothefictionalindustrialtownofMiltonafterleavingtheChurchofEngland.ThetownismodeledafterManchester,whereGaskelllivedasthewifeofaUnitarianminister.
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