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North and South
North and South
Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
North and South is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. The title indicates a major theme of the book: the contrast between the way of life in the industrial nor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781519199799
ISBN-10: 1519199791
Publication Date: 11/12/2015
Pages: 192
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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I saw the miniseries first so I was surprised how well they kept to the book if not always in the specifics but certainly in spirit. The book is wonderful and gives you so much insight into just what these characters are really thinking and feeling... beautiful.
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Probably the only other book where I enjoyed the film version more than I did the actual novel. I liked this novel a lot, and I think the reason I liked the mini-series produced of this book so much more than the book itself is because there are so many things that can be read into a look and a glance and you cant see that in the novel -- especially a novel where the story is told in a kind of first person omniscient, not first person directly, but it only follows one persons view at a time, in a way, so you dont really get that intensity in Mr. Thorntons expression on the page even though its described adequately enough. I do like that the mini-series stuck to the book very faithfully (with only a few understandable distinctions), but all the main aspects of the book was there in the mini-series. The one change that they made that I wish had been in the book was with the character of Bessie. She was a much stronger character in the mini-series, I thought.


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