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Elizabeth GaskellNorth and South

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Librivox recording of North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south, Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty, smoky industrial town of Milton. But as she adapts to her new home, she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor. Her passionate advocacy leads her to repeatedly clash with charismatic mill owner John Thornton over his treatment of his workers. While Margaret denies her growing attraction to him, Thornton agonizes over his foolish passion for her, in spite of their heated disagreements. As tensions mount between them, a violent unionization strike explodes in Milton, leaving everyone to deal with the aftermath in the town and in their personal lives.

Elizabeth Gaskell serialized North and South between September 1854 and January 1855 in Charles Dickens’s magazine Household Words. Upon its publication, Gaskell established herself as a novelist capable of serious discourse on social responsibility and advocacy for change in defiance of established authority.
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Artist/Composer: Elizabeth Gaskell
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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36 - Union Not Always Strength	26 MB	14 MB	13 MB
37 - Looking South	21 MB	12 MB	11 MB
38 - Promises Fulfilled	26 MB	14 MB	13 MB
39 - Making Friends	17 MB	9.06 MB	8.49 MB
40 - Out of Tune	28 MB	15 MB	14 MB
41 - The Journey's End	27 MB	15 MB	14 MB
42 - Alone, Alone	26 MB	20 MB	13 MB
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51 - Meeting Again	16 MB	8.45 MB	8.06 MB
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Reviewer: Rossendale - - September 29, 2007
Subject: An Agreeable Surprise.
I've just finished listening to this recording and I have to say that although I had my my doubts initially this group collaboration works better than most. The variety of voices is fascinating, the diction throughout is clear and the readings themselves are thoughtfully and intelligently delivered. Inevitably, some readers are better than others - one or two sound to be of professional standard - but all are very listenable and obviously enthusiastic about what they were doing. Thoroughly recommended.