North and South
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Themes
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Nostalgia and Identity
Female Agency and Strength
Religious Diversity and Conscience
Class Antagonism
Personal Character, Environment, and Change
Education
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Characters
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Margaret Hale
John Thornton
Mr. Richard Hale
Mrs. Maria Hale
Nicholas Higgins
Frederick Hale
Bessy Higgins
Mrs. Thornton
Henry Lennox
Mr. Bell
John Boucher
George Leonards
Mr. Hepworth
Dixon
Fanny Thornton
Edith Shaw
Symbols
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Smoke, Fog, and Gray
Nature and the Countryside
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Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
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Irony
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Mood
Motifs
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Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Soliloquy
Style
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North and South
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Elizabeth Gaskell
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Themes
All Themes
Nostalgia and Identity
Female Agency and Strength
Religious Diversity and Conscience
Class Antagonism
Personal Character, Environment, and Change
Education
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Margaret Hale
John Thornton
Mr. Richard Hale
Mrs. Maria Hale
Nicholas Higgins
Frederick Hale
Bessy Higgins
Mrs. Thornton
Henry Lennox
Mr. Bell
John Boucher
George Leonards
Mr. Hepworth
Dixon
Fanny Thornton
Edith Shaw
Symbols
All Symbols
Smoke, Fog, and Gray
Nature and the Countryside
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Dramatic Irony
Foreshadowing
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Personification
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Soliloquy
Style
Tone
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