num_pages: 571
description: In a world of conflict, happiness can come in the most unexpected forms . . .Margaret's safe existence is turned upside down when she has to move to the grim northern town of Milton. Not only does she have her eyes opened by the poverty and hardship she encounters there, but she is thrown into confusion by stern factory owner John Thornton — whose treatment of his workers brings them into fierce opposition.As men and women, workers and masters come into violent conflict, it seems opposites can never meet. But do John and Margaret's power struggles hide deeper feelings? And, when it seems Margaret has lost everything, can she find the one thing she never expected?
language: English
title: North and South
titlecomplete: North and South
characters: Frederick Hale, Mrs. Hannah Thornton, Bessy Higgins, Mr. Hale, Fanny Thornton, Mrs. Hale, Nicholas Higgins, Margaret Hale, John   Thornton, Mr. Bell, Dixon
genres: Historical, Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 166046
places: England
publisher: Penguin Books