Susan Dixonová je pohledná mladá dívka, jež strávila svůj dosavadní život na farmě Yew Nook v anglickém Westmorelandu. Smrt matky ji sice zasáhne, ale na truchlení nemá příliš mnoho času... Zobraziť viac
Hlavní hrdinku Margaret Haleovou sledujeme v prvním díle v průběhu přibližně roku mezi jejími osmnáctými a devatenáctými narozeninami. V samém úvodu ještě pobývá u své bohaté tety Shawové v Londýně, kde s přestávkami strávila deset let... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: With an Introduction and Notes by Dinny Thorold, University of Westminster. Gaskell s last novel,... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by David Stuart Davies 'In the great... Zobraziť viac
North and South is a wonderful blend of social comment on the dramatic changes in society brought about by the industrial revolution and a compelling love story... Zobraziť viac
As far as she could see, her life was ordained to be lonely, and she must subdue her nature to her life, and, if possible, bring the two into harmony. When she could employ herself in fiction, all was comparatively well... Zobraziť viac
North and South is a novel about rebellion. Moving from the industrial riots of discontented millworkers through to the unsought passions of a middle-class woman, and from religious crises of conscience to the ethics of naval mutiny... Zobraziť viac
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North and South is a wonderful blend of social comment on the dramatic changes in society brought about by the industrial revolution and a compelling love story... Zobraziť viac
Elizabeth Gaskell's compassionate, richly dramatic novel features one of the most original and fully-rounded female characters in Victorian fiction, Margaret Hale. It shows how, forced to move from... Zobraziť viac
Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upon the window-glass...' A phantom child roams the Northumberland moors, while a host of fairytale characters gone to seed gather in the dark, dark woods... Zobraziť viac
When Margaret Hale is uprooted from Hampshire and moves to the industrial town of Milton in the North of England, her whole world changes. As her sympathy for the town’s mill workers grows, ... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to... Zobraziť viac
‘“I'll not listen to reason,” she said, now in full possession of her voice, which had been rather choked with sobbing. "Reason always means what someone else has got to say."’ First published in serial format in a magazine, Gaskell’s Cranford is a... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions: This Wordsworth Edition includes an Introduction and Notes by Professor Emeritus John Chapple,... Zobraziť viac
Classic / British English. Life changes completely for Margaret Hale and her parents when they move to a smoky northern city. There, Margaret meets Mr Thornton, a wealthy cotton mill owner, and dislikes him immediately... Zobraziť viac
