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Fiction · 1855

North and South

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Reading time
about 13 h
Length
182,134 words · 410 pages in print
Structure
52 chapters
Language
English
Era
Victorian

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Contents

  1. Chapter I — “Haste to the Wedding.”
  2. Chapter II — Roses and Thorns
  3. Chapter III — “The More Haste the Worse Speed.”
  4. Chapter IV — Doubts and Difficulties
  5. Chapter V — Decision
  6. Chapter VI — Farewell
  7. Chapter VII — New Scenes and Faces
  8. Chapter VIII — Home Sickness
  9. Chapter IX — Dressing for Tea
  10. Chapter X — Wrought Iron and Gold
  11. Chapter XI — First Impressions
  12. Chapter XII — Morning Calls
  13. Chapter XIII — Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place
  14. Chapter XIV — The Meeting
  15. Chapter XV — Masters and Men
  16. Chapter XVI — The Shadow of Death
  17. Chapter XVII — What Is a Strike?
  18. Chapter XVIII — Likes and Dislikes
  19. Chapter XIX — Angel Visits
  20. Chapter XX — Men and Gentlemen
  21. Chapter XXI — The Dark Night
  22. Chapter XXII — A Blow and Its Consequences
  23. Chapter XXIII — Mistakes
  24. Chapter XXIV — Mistakes Cleared Up
  25. Chapter XXV — Frederick
  26. Chapter XXVI — Mother and Son
  27. Chapter XXVII — Fruit-Piece
  28. Chapter XXVIII — Comfort in Sorrow
  29. Chapter XXIX — A Ray of Sunshine
  30. Chapter XXX — Home at Last
  31. Chapter XXXI — “Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot.”
  32. Chapter XXXII — Mischances
  33. Chapter XXXIII — Peace
  34. Chapter XXXIV — False and True
  35. Chapter XXXV — Expiation
  36. Chapter XXXVI — Union Not Always Strength
  37. Chapter XXXVII — Looking South
  38. Chapter XXXVIII — Promises Fulfilled
  39. Chapter XXXIX — Making Friends
  40. Chapter XL — Out of Tune
  41. Chapter XLI — The Journey’s End
  42. Chapter XLII — Alone! Alone!
  43. Chapter XLIII — Margaret’s Flittin’
  44. Chapter XLIV — Ease Not Peace
  45. Chapter XLV — Not All a Dream
  46. Chapter XLVI — Once and Now
  47. Chapter XLVII — Something Wanting
  48. Chapter XLVIII — “Ne’er to Be Found Again.”
  49. Chapter XLIX — Breathing Tranquillity
  50. Chapter L — Changes at Milton
  51. Chapter LI — Meeting Again
  52. Chapter LII — “Pack Clouds Away.”

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

1810–1865 · Victorian

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