North and South

Most of her childhood and early youth, Margaret Hale spent in the aristocratic house of her London aunt or in the cozy town of Helstone, among the fields and groves of southern England. The measured, unhurried life of the girl... changes when her father decides to move the family to the northern industrial town of Milton. Margaret observes the lives of manufacturers and workers with bewilderment and sometimes indignation. The owner of the cotton factory, John Thornton, becomes a true embodiment of evil for her. John, on the other hand, is drawn to this unusual, rational, outspoken girl...
The famous Victorian novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) is considered a classic of English literature. This edition reproduces the very first translation into Russian, which was published in the journal "Russian Herald" in 1856. It preserves the unique charm of the old language from the mid-19th century and accurately conveys the atmosphere of its time.