North and South(II) 北與南(英文版)
NorthandSouthisasocialnovelpublishedin1855byEnglishwriterElizabethGaskell.WithWivesandDaughters(1865)andCranford(1853),itisoneofherbest-knownnovels.Thelaterversionrenewedinterestinthenovelandattractedawiderreadership.Oneofliterature'sgreatestromances,NorthandSouthisbothanincisivesocialcommentaryandanelectricportrayalofall-conqueringlove.ThebooktriestoshowtheindustrialNorthanditsconflictsinthemid-19thcenturyasseenbyanoutsider,asociallysensitiveladyfromtheSouth.Theheroineofthestory,MargaretHale,isthedaughterofaNonconformistministerwhomovestothefictionalindustrialtownofMiltonafterleavingtheChurchofEngland.ThetownismodeledafterManchester,whereGaskelllivedasthewifeofaUnitarianminister.Gaskellherselfworkedamongthepoorandknewatfirsthandthemiseryoftheindustrialareas.
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