![]() Just as some of our social media heroes do today, she used her writing to shine her light on the world as she saw it to expose child poverty, a lack of education and other issues all of which makes North and South as fascinating and relevant to read now, as ever.Įlizabeth Gaskell’s House online events all contribute to the upkeep of the Grade II listed former home of the Victorian novelist and attract audiences from across the world, a trend the North and South season is expected to continue. ![]() Elizabeth was writing against the norms of the period and her authentic depictions of the northern working classes were radical for the time. ![]() Published in 1855, it is set in a fictional industrial ‘grim’ northern town based on Manchester to where its heroine Margaret Hale is forced to move from the ‘so called’ tranquility of the South. Many of the themes and characters of North and South will chime with readers today, including the evergreen discussions on the North South divide. ![]() Bringing the nineteenth century world of North and South from the page into today’s world are a series of online events beginning on Wednesday 26 January 2022 that will appeal to devotees of period dramas, who are both fans of the title and newcomers. Join Elizabeth Gaskell’s House for its online North and South SeasonĮlizabeth Gaskell’s House is opening 2022 with a North and South season to explore one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s most famous and much loved novels. ![]()
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