I love this book, I have to reread a lot of scenes a few times before letting them go. I've read a lot of classics, and I think romance in North&South is the best of all I've ever read. I will read it again, many times.
I adore this book too, it's one of my favourites. I agree that Margaret and John's relationship is one of the most romantic ever written. This is an absolutely cracking review.
I didn't expect to love north and south at all when I first came across it but now it's earned a place among my favourite novels off all time. The relationship between John and Margaret is one of the best surpassing pride and prejudice even, they're so well suited and you can really sense the respect they feel for each other Your so right about the whole thing with Mrs. Thornton and Margaret Ive never thought about it that way til now, one if the reasons I love your vids because I see so many new ways if looking at these stories.
What I love is this crazy book reviewers woman's mantic enthusiasm, my God you do love this book. And yes I just read it and very much enjoyed it as well. I read it cause it's your favorite so I had to check it out. Thank you very much, your wonderful.
I have read North and South, the first and so far only Gaskell I've read (although I definitely intend to read more!) and adored it. I mean, I won't say I'm quite as head over heels as you, but I already expected to love it and it just went above and beyond! I loved the respect between Margaret and Thornton and the way they worked together to this balance of views, the way they were willing to listen to each other and think about what others said and that's actually so rare in books? They are definitely one of my favourite fictional couples!
I have just finished North and South. I read it solely based on your recommendation. I loved it. Maybe not quite as much as you did, but I enjoyed every bit of it.
I adore North and South!!! It was my first Gaskell read, and I fell in love with everything. John Thornton is my soul mate! Love this video, and I always appreciate your insightful reviews. Happy Reading!
just read it and enjoyed it immensely. The themes concerning the rise of the industrial class is amazing. The struggle between labour and capital is incredibly prescient.
Thank you for such a wonderful and enlightening Two Weeks of Gaskell. I've never read any of her books but will definitely do so after watching this series and seeing the joy her written words have brought you.
What a fantastic end to your Gaskell series! Now I want to reread North and South because it is quite brilliant, and your enthusiasm is contagious as always!! ❤
"Pride and Prejudice and Industrialization" - a million times better than "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" :-) I'm looking forward to reading this book for the second time very soon!
I discover North and South not long ago through the BBC serie. Your recommendation confirm what I suspected : It seems to be a masterpiece, I can't wait to read it !! Thanks for your enthusiam, it's a real pleasure to see ! :) (Sorry if my English is not perfect, I'm french).
My #1. ❤ Social commentary, Christian philosophy, and stunning growth of character through the richest dialogs. The romance is a terrific undercurrent, but not the central theme. Not to be missed.
I'm now convinced I need this book asap! I probably won't get to it for Victober but definitely gonna get my hands on North and South to read hopefully before the end of the year!
I would love a video on recommendations for victorian novels solely about the poor or working class! I dont think there are that many. I really want to read North and South now!
I should soon have up a video about class in Victorian literature, not focused solely on the working classes but hopefully one that will be helpful for some recommendations. But if you haven't read Gissing's The Nether World or Gaskell's Mary Barton, you must :) - both exclusively about the working classes in the Victorian period.
A bit late watching this video but North and South is one of my favourite books too! I playing with the idea to reread soon..just trying to find the courage to cope with all the deaths again xD
I'm reading North and South now. 😊 It's my first book by Elizabeth Gaskell. I'm at the very beginning and I'm enjoying Margarets character development.
Thank you! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I started reading Cranford after watching your video on where to go from Jane Austen and absolutely loved it. And after that I picked North and South. Since then, I watched the TV adaptation 3 or 4 times, re-read it once and am listening to the audiobook now! I'm now obsessed with Gaskell just as I'm obsessed with Austen (or even more)! I'm definitely gonna need some kind of your cup with "Go away I'm reading" )))
It is just such a lovely and brilliant book, and for me improves with every reread :) I love both the TV and the book ending massively, usually which ever I've most recently experienced best :P
This is a brilliant book! I love the adaptation as well but the two moments you mentioned make me upset too. I hate that the first time we see Thornton he is beating someone up, is totally unnecessary!
Thank you so much for your interesting and lively videos. I have to admit I discovered Anthony Trollope and Elizabeth Gaskell thanks to you. I have read all of Dickens' major works and just began Gaskell's with this. It is a wonderfully balanced and thoughtful novel. I had to laugh at the alternative title though, "Death and Variations". It's not quite a spoiler to say that a lot of people die...and in a variety of unsavory ways. As an older adult now and as someone who love meaningful literature, this is one of my favorites too. It briefly explores so many important topics and is unbiased in a way I can only long for today. At least I have many good quotes from it to add to Facebook now, though. We can only hope that people will eventually get tired of the reality of today and choose to look to some wisdom from past ages.
I have just finished this book for Victober and UTTERLY ADORED it! I got so so much out of it! Margaret is a new favourite literary character. I came straight here to hear your thoughts on it 👍🏻
I recently re-read N & S and like it even more the 2nd go-round. This time I appreciated the tenderness and goodness of John and Margaret. It's best not to read it right after the movie b/c the melodrama of the film might make the book seen pallid. But it's not, it's just so nuanced and gentle. And so romantic in its own way.
I am squealing with delight right now! I started reading North and South today (I'm on Chapter 3) and cannot wait to get further into it. The TV adaptation motivated me to read the book. I agree it was well done even though they changed some things and I can't wait to see how Gaskell originally wrote the things that were changed in the TV adaptation. Katie, I have loved this series and your passion for classics always makes me want to pick more of them up!
I really enjoy your review of victorian literature. North and South also has an interesting theme of whether one should marry for love (like Margaret's mother) who ended up with complaints on lack of a comfort living and with a husband not exactly her soul mate either; or marry for money like Aunt Shaw. Would be nice had the book gave a bit more insight into Mrs' Thornton's marriage
I'm 30% into the book (according to my Kindle) and I love it very much so far. I can't hardly wait to see what's going to happen next and I'm eager to watch any content I can find on TH-cam about it, but at the same time I'm avoiding spoilers. So I guess my only option is to continue reading as much as possible every free moment 😅. Here on YT there's a minisieres from 1975. Have you seen it? I'm saving it for when I finish the book.
Like you, I think this book is superior to Pride and Prejudice. I found the examination of social class interesting as you mentioned regarding where the "new money" manufacturers fit into the social strata. I found it particularly interesting that Mrs. Thornton did not buy into the social convention of the Hale's superiority and her son did. You would think that the older generation would give more deference to that than the younger. Initially, Margaret seems more class conscious than her parents do as well. What do you think?
I am reading North and South now, and I want to know why there isn't Cliff Notes or Spark Notes for this novel which has at least two mini-series made of it.
I preferred the 1970's BBC version, which is floating around TH-cam somewhere. This and Mary Barton are the two best industrial novels imo. Hard Times and Shirley were disappointing. Bleak House reminds me a lot of North and South. It has a similar wide range of classes and characters. I quite liked the use of dialect, by people like Mr Higgins. In the 200? BBC series, I noticed only one of the policemen spoke the accent, and they replaced 'clem' with 'starve'. Have you ever watched or read Nice Work by David Lodge?
I have seen the 1970s version, which I do enjoy, but I find it less naturalistic and somehow the sight of Patrick Stewart with hair is just unsettling. I agree that this and Mary Barton are the best industrial novels I've read. I haven't read or watched Nice Work but I'll look it up.
Yes, it's a long time since Patrick Stewart had hair. Regarding industrial novels, I suppose I should read Sybil one day, although I think that's more a social novel. You could make it one of next Victober's challenges: read a novel by a Victorian prime minister, or just MPs if you wanted to allow Tom Brown's School Days.
I’ve watched your “bookish” videos pretty faithfully for some time now, Katie. This is the best book review video that I’ve ever seen by you, or by anyone. (Forgive my slight bias towards your channel.) Your reviews are always very thorough, but this one stands out for me because I know the book so well, and you touched on every important aspect the book. Thank you for this wonderful review, and thank you for this very enlightening two week series on Elizabeth Gaskell.
I am still reading through the book but have finished watching the series. Cant agree more with you that Mr Bell does appear to be a little bit creepy in the series (although i have yet to get to know him in the book). Was perplexed to hear Mr Bell hinting to Margaret that he considered taking her as his wife. It was a rather awkward scene indeed.
@@katiejlumsden Why the TV series’ adaptation changed things that are so much more delicate in the book? Because it is necessary in dramatizing information that often expressed by thoughts or a narrative voice in the book, and because it is inevitable when you must compress 600 pages into a 4-hour TV series. Some of the changes: 1) Mr. Thornton's beating a worker - I don’t like this scene either, especially in his first appearance, but I can understand the screen adaptation’s need to present him at the beginning in the most extreme way they could in order to: a) to exhibit his hot temper; b) to create a conflict between him and Margaret. Remember they had to do it quickly and efficiently. 2) Mr. Bell creepy nature in the adaptation - my best guess is that they wanted to cancel the Daus Ex Machina factor of the inheritance at the end of the book. The inheritance will look more “understandable” in the light of Mr. Bell’s intention to marry Margaret. My guess relies on the fact that they chose to let him sail to Argentina instead of dying. Mrs. Gaskell choice to "kill" both Mr. Hale and Mr. Bell abruptly is quite odd, to say the least. 3) The end of the book vs. the end of the TV series - I must disagree with the notion that they are both good (as one of the comment said above). The scene at the train station is brilliant (!), while the end of the book is abrupt and too short. Mrs. Gaskell herself said (I read it somewhere) that the book was written as a series, each chapter published in a newspaper week after week, and she had not enough time to rewrite the end.
I've actually decided on Mary Barton, I'm a good 1/5 into it; I picked it up based on your video :D and left N&S due to the P&P-esque comments, as I felt quite familiar with that. But will be on N&S soon!
I'm predicting that Dombey & Son and Little Dorrit will make it, & that Bleak House may squeak in at #10 or thereabouts. Lotsa CD in the top 10. I'm also predicting that highbrow novelists like Eliot & Thackeray ain't gonna make it.
Yeah, respect but they don't grasp your imagination or tug at the heartstrings. Otherwise u wd've done a series on them already, which u ain't gonna do I don't think. Some respect Brahms & Bruckner but love Mahler & Tchaikovsky. Respect Poussin & Saenradam but love Lorrain, Monet & Turner.
Maybe you should try Germinal by Emile Zola. I don't know the translation but if you like social criticism, it could be interesting, even though I don't particularly like it.
The irony is that not much has changed.....South vs North attitude. The main changes ? North is no longer as industrialized and there are fewer indigenous people living in places like Burnley, Stoke-on-Trent etc.
I feel strange, because it seems that I'm the only one who didn't enjoy the novel... I watched Pride and prejudice, Emma, Jane Eyre etc, and i loved them. I haven't watched the bbc series of north and south tho. But honestly, i'm not too curious to watched, since I haven't enjoy the novel. I feel very confused about why this novel is so liked. I mean, per se it's good, but only on the description of the social parts, characters psychology etc. But the romance was so limited, and I could see a real romantic interaction only in the last two pages. Futhermore, i didn't really like Margaret character... I repeat, I am not implying that the novel is not good, but it is strange that I only see good reviews about the book. I feel strange that I'm the only one who didn't enoy it... I know it's a different genre, but i liked Hard Times more. Maybe because I had no romance expectations on this book, while I had many for North and south and got delusional🥺
I love this book, I have to reread a lot of scenes a few times before letting them go. I've read a lot of classics, and I think romance in North&South is the best of all I've ever read. I will read it again, many times.
I adore this book too, it's one of my favourites. I agree that Margaret and John's relationship is one of the most romantic ever written. This is an absolutely cracking review.
Thanks Gemma :) It is just so great, and that love story is just my favourite of all time.
I didn't expect to love north and south at all when I first came across it but now it's earned a place among my favourite novels off all time.
The relationship between John and Margaret is one of the best surpassing pride and prejudice even, they're so well suited and you can really sense the respect they feel for each other
Your so right about the whole thing with Mrs. Thornton and Margaret Ive never thought about it that way til now, one if the reasons I love your vids because I see so many new ways if looking at these stories.
Thanks :) It is just such a great book and I love the relationship between John and Margaret.
What I love is this crazy book reviewers woman's mantic enthusiasm, my God you do love this book. And yes I just read it and very much enjoyed it as well. I read it cause it's your favorite so I had to check it out. Thank you very much, your wonderful.
North and South is one of my favorite books too! I️ love how it looks at society, but there characters are all so well written too.
It really is just such a great book :)
This is the best review of North & South that I have found on TH-cam. It was also such an enjoyable video that I watched it three times.
Thank you! I love North and South so much.
I have read North and South, the first and so far only Gaskell I've read (although I definitely intend to read more!) and adored it. I mean, I won't say I'm quite as head over heels as you, but I already expected to love it and it just went above and beyond! I loved the respect between Margaret and Thornton and the way they worked together to this balance of views, the way they were willing to listen to each other and think about what others said and that's actually so rare in books? They are definitely one of my favourite fictional couples!
I'm glad you enjoyed it too - they are definitely my favourite fictional couple and seem so much more believable than many others.
I just finished it. I loved every second of it. Finished it in less than a week.
I have just finished North and South. I read it solely based on your recommendation.
I loved it. Maybe not quite as much as you did, but I enjoyed every bit of it.
Mine, too. The first is ' Jane Eyre'.
Your review and enthusiasm make me want to read the book. Thank you.
Thanks :)
I adore North and South!!! It was my first Gaskell read, and I fell in love with everything. John Thornton is my soul mate! Love this video, and I always appreciate your insightful reviews.
Happy Reading!
Thanks! It is just such a great book :)
just read it and enjoyed it immensely. The themes concerning the rise of the industrial class is amazing. The struggle between labour and capital is incredibly prescient.
Thank you for such a wonderful and enlightening Two Weeks of Gaskell. I've never read any of her books but will definitely do so after watching this series and seeing the joy her written words have brought you.
Thanks - I do highly recommend her :)
I got the book from the library, read the introduction and am just about to start reading the book.
What a fantastic end to your Gaskell series! Now I want to reread North and South because it is quite brilliant, and your enthusiasm is contagious as always!! ❤
Ah, it is just such, such a great book...
"Pride and Prejudice and Industrialization" - a million times better than "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" :-)
I'm looking forward to reading this book for the second time very soon!
I'm sure you'll enjoy it ever more on the second read :)
I discover North and South not long ago through the BBC serie. Your recommendation confirm what I suspected : It seems to be a masterpiece, I can't wait to read it !! Thanks for your enthusiam, it's a real pleasure to see ! :)
(Sorry if my English is not perfect, I'm french).
Thanks - I do highly recommend it and hope you like it :)
My #1. ❤ Social commentary, Christian philosophy, and stunning growth of character through the richest dialogs. The romance is a terrific undercurrent, but not the central theme. Not to be missed.
I'm now convinced I need this book asap! I probably won't get to it for Victober but definitely gonna get my hands on North and South to read hopefully before the end of the year!
I'd highly recommend it - it is such a brilliant novel :)
Currently listening to it on Audible and absolutely LOVING it. Juliet Stevenson doing a superb job of narrating.
I haven't actually ever listened to it on audiobook, so I'll keep that one in mind when I hopefully do so in future.
She did a really good job...
I LOVE this book!!! I read it at least once a year. Beautiful! And the final scene, one of the best!
Agreed :D
Brilliant! Both book and show!
Agreed!
@@katiejlumsden Do you think we'll get another North and South show in the future? Do you want one?
Ok. I’m convinced. I’ve never heard of North and South but I’m going to give it ago.😊
I would love a video on recommendations for victorian novels solely about the poor or working class! I dont think there are that many. I really want to read North and South now!
I should soon have up a video about class in Victorian literature, not focused solely on the working classes but hopefully one that will be helpful for some recommendations. But if you haven't read Gissing's The Nether World or Gaskell's Mary Barton, you must :) - both exclusively about the working classes in the Victorian period.
A bit late watching this video but North and South is one of my favourite books too!
I playing with the idea to reread soon..just trying to find the courage to cope with all the deaths again xD
It's such a fantastic novel!
I'm reading North and South now. 😊
It's my first book by Elizabeth Gaskell. I'm at the very beginning and I'm enjoying Margarets character development.
I'm so, so glad that you enjoyed it :)
True I agree I read it and I absolutely loved it
It is just so great :)
I really liked North and South! I always love your review of classics. Thanks to you, I read more classics these days! :D
Thanks :)
Thank you! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I started reading Cranford after watching your video on where to go from Jane Austen and absolutely loved it. And after that I picked North and South. Since then, I watched the TV adaptation 3 or 4 times, re-read it once and am listening to the audiobook now! I'm now obsessed with Gaskell just as I'm obsessed with Austen (or even more)! I'm definitely gonna need some kind of your cup with "Go away I'm reading" )))
Thanks! Gaskell is just so amazing!
I so agree with you.
Good work on the Gaskell homage! I wonder who you may tribute next?
Which ever Victorian author I next read the completed works by... I'm 3/23 on George Gissing and 8/47 for Trollope, so it may be a while...
This book arrived in the mail this morning and I cannot wait to stroll my eyes on it! I ordered it the next day I watched this video, I'm super hyped!
It really is amazing - enjoy!
It is just such a lovely and brilliant book, and for me improves with every reread :) I love both the TV and the book ending massively, usually which ever I've most recently experienced best :P
This is a brilliant book! I love the adaptation as well but the two moments you mentioned make me upset too. I hate that the first time we see Thornton he is beating someone up, is totally unnecessary!
Agreed! I love the adaptation but not that bit!
Can't recommend this video enough!
Thanks :)
Thank you so much for your interesting and lively videos. I have to admit I discovered Anthony Trollope and Elizabeth Gaskell thanks to you. I have read all of Dickens' major works and just began Gaskell's with this. It is a wonderfully balanced and thoughtful novel. I had to laugh at the alternative title though, "Death and Variations". It's not quite a spoiler to say that a lot of people die...and in a variety of unsavory ways. As an older adult now and as someone who love meaningful literature, this is one of my favorites too. It briefly explores so many important topics and is unbiased in a way I can only long for today. At least I have many good quotes from it to add to Facebook now, though. We can only hope that people will eventually get tired of the reality of today and choose to look to some wisdom from past ages.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed North and South - it's such a fantastic novel.
I have just finished this book for Victober and UTTERLY ADORED it! I got so so much out of it! Margaret is a new favourite literary character. I came straight here to hear your thoughts on it 👍🏻
YAY. Such an amazing book.
I am currently reading it.And I am already loving it!
I'm really glad you're liking it!
I recently re-read N & S and like it even more the 2nd go-round. This time I appreciated the tenderness and goodness of John and Margaret. It's best not to read it right after the movie b/c the melodrama of the film might make the book seen pallid. But it's not, it's just so nuanced and gentle. And so romantic in its own way.
I am squealing with delight right now! I started reading North and South today (I'm on Chapter 3) and cannot wait to get further into it. The TV adaptation motivated me to read the book. I agree it was well done even though they changed some things and I can't wait to see how Gaskell originally wrote the things that were changed in the TV adaptation. Katie, I have loved this series and your passion for classics always makes me want to pick more of them up!
Thank you so much :) I really hope you love the book and I'm sure you will!
I really enjoy your review of victorian literature. North and South also has an interesting theme of whether one should marry for love (like Margaret's mother) who ended up with complaints on lack of a comfort living and with a husband not exactly her soul mate either; or marry for money like Aunt Shaw. Would be nice had the book gave a bit more insight into Mrs' Thornton's marriage
Very true - I find that theme very interesting in North and South.
I said I wouldn't be reading more of Gaskell for this Victober and now you've changed my mind! I have to read NORTH AND SOUTH now. lol
I so hope you enjoy it!
I'm 30% into the book (according to my Kindle) and I love it very much so far. I can't hardly wait to see what's going to happen next and I'm eager to watch any content I can find on TH-cam about it, but at the same time I'm avoiding spoilers. So I guess my only option is to continue reading as much as possible every free moment 😅. Here on YT there's a minisieres from 1975. Have you seen it? I'm saving it for when I finish the book.
I have indeed seen it, though a long time ago. I liked it but not as much as the 2000s one!
Like you, I think this book is superior to Pride and Prejudice. I found the examination of social class interesting as you mentioned regarding where the "new money" manufacturers fit into the social strata. I found it particularly interesting that Mrs. Thornton did not buy into the social convention of the Hale's superiority and her son did. You would think that the older generation would give more deference to that than the younger. Initially, Margaret seems more class conscious than her parents do as well. What do you think?
I am reading North and South now, and I want to know why there isn't Cliff Notes or Spark Notes for this novel which has at least two mini-series made of it.
I guess it's not studied in schools much? This might be of use to you though: www.shmoop.com/north-and-south/summary.html
If North & South is your 2nd favorite book, then what's your No. 1 favorite?
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens :)
Richard Artmitage as John thou
He is perfect for it.
I preferred the 1970's BBC version, which is floating around TH-cam somewhere. This and Mary Barton are the two best industrial novels imo. Hard Times and Shirley were disappointing. Bleak House reminds me a lot of North and South. It has a similar wide range of classes and characters. I quite liked the use of dialect, by people like Mr Higgins. In the 200? BBC series, I noticed only one of the policemen spoke the accent, and they replaced 'clem' with 'starve'. Have you ever watched or read Nice Work by David Lodge?
I have seen the 1970s version, which I do enjoy, but I find it less naturalistic and somehow the sight of Patrick Stewart with hair is just unsettling. I agree that this and Mary Barton are the best industrial novels I've read. I haven't read or watched Nice Work but I'll look it up.
Yes, it's a long time since Patrick Stewart had hair. Regarding industrial novels, I suppose I should read Sybil one day, although I think that's more a social novel. You could make it one of next Victober's challenges: read a novel by a Victorian prime minister, or just MPs if you wanted to allow Tom Brown's School Days.
Why didn't she accept his first proposal? It doesn't explain in the movie
I’ve watched your “bookish” videos pretty faithfully for some time now, Katie. This is the best book review video that I’ve ever seen by you, or by anyone. (Forgive my slight bias towards your channel.) Your reviews are always very thorough, but this one stands out for me because I know the book so well, and you touched on every important aspect the book. Thank you for this wonderful review, and thank you for this very enlightening two week series on Elizabeth Gaskell.
Thank you John! I love the book so much and am glad you thought I did it justice.
I am still reading through the book but have finished watching the series. Cant agree more with you that Mr Bell does appear to be a little bit creepy in the series (although i have yet to get to know him in the book). Was perplexed to hear Mr Bell hinting to Margaret that he considered taking her as his wife. It was a rather awkward scene indeed.
Yeah, no idea why that did that in the adaptation!
@@katiejlumsden Why the TV series’ adaptation changed things that are so much more delicate in the book? Because it is necessary in dramatizing information that often expressed by thoughts or a narrative voice in the book, and because it is inevitable when you must compress 600 pages into a 4-hour TV series.
Some of the changes:
1) Mr. Thornton's beating a worker - I don’t like this scene either, especially in his first appearance, but I can understand the screen adaptation’s need to present him at the beginning in the most extreme way they could in order to: a) to exhibit his hot temper; b) to create a conflict between him and Margaret. Remember they had to do it quickly and efficiently.
2) Mr. Bell creepy nature in the adaptation - my best guess is that they wanted to cancel the Daus Ex Machina factor of the inheritance at the end of the book. The inheritance will look more “understandable” in the light of Mr. Bell’s intention to marry Margaret. My guess relies on the fact that they chose to let him sail to Argentina instead of dying. Mrs. Gaskell choice to "kill" both Mr. Hale and Mr. Bell abruptly is quite odd, to say the least.
3) The end of the book vs. the end of the TV series - I must disagree with the notion that they are both good (as one of the comment said above). The scene at the train station is brilliant (!), while the end of the book is abrupt and too short. Mrs. Gaskell herself said (I read it somewhere) that the book was written as a series, each chapter published in a newspaper week after week, and she had not enough time to rewrite the end.
Don't know if I should start this or Mary Burton ! D:
The characterisation in North and South is probably stronger, but Mary Barton is wonderful too.
I've actually decided on Mary Barton, I'm a good 1/5 into it; I picked it up based on your video :D and left N&S due to the P&P-esque comments, as I felt quite familiar with that. But will be on N&S soon!
Also, I'm currently living in Manchester so Gaskell is having a particular grip on me :D
Your top #3-10 Vic novels as of this moment are?
I'll be telling you in a video soon :P
I'm predicting that Dombey & Son and Little Dorrit will make it, & that Bleak House may squeak in at #10 or thereabouts. Lotsa CD in the top 10. I'm also predicting that highbrow novelists like Eliot & Thackeray ain't gonna make it.
Well you know how I feel about the high brows :P
Yeah, respect but they don't grasp your imagination or tug at the heartstrings. Otherwise u wd've done a series on them already, which u ain't gonna do I don't think. Some respect Brahms & Bruckner but love Mahler & Tchaikovsky. Respect Poussin & Saenradam but love Lorrain, Monet & Turner.
Maybe you should try Germinal by Emile Zola. I don't know the translation but if you like social criticism, it could be interesting, even though I don't particularly like it.
Well, the book. North and South seems really interesting, I'm reading it and it's really good!
I should try and read it - it sounds interesting! And yes, North and South is amazing :)
The irony is that not much has changed.....South vs North attitude.
The main changes ? North is no longer as industrialized and there are fewer indigenous people living in places like Burnley, Stoke-on-Trent etc.
How many pages the book has got
Just around 500 I think.
Thanks
I feel strange, because it seems that I'm the only one who didn't enjoy the novel... I watched Pride and prejudice, Emma, Jane Eyre etc, and i loved them. I haven't watched the bbc series of north and south tho. But honestly, i'm not too curious to watched, since I haven't enjoy the novel. I feel very confused about why this novel is so liked. I mean, per se it's good, but only on the description of the social parts, characters psychology etc. But the romance was so limited, and I could see a real romantic interaction only in the last two pages. Futhermore, i didn't really like Margaret character...
I repeat, I am not implying that the novel is not good, but it is strange that I only see good reviews about the book. I feel strange that I'm the only one who didn't enoy it...
I know it's a different genre, but i liked Hard Times more. Maybe because I had no romance expectations on this book, while I had many for North and south and got delusional🥺
is it after Our Mutual Friend ? i cannot watch the video as i am only 60% thru North and South. Margaret seems Christ like in spirit
Yep, Our Mutual Friend is number 1 :)
@@katiejlumsden i knew that :) i just finished North and South. wow. so good
And Mr Thornton striking people violently in the street was completely unnecessary!
I know!
Does she take a breath , non stop talking!!
North and South is the worst and most boring Victorian novel that I have ever read.But I liked the tv.series.
I TOTALLY agree with you ! I heaved a sigh of relief when I got to the end.