About This Site
This website is the fanlisting for both the novel and 2004 adaptation of Elizabeth's Gaskell's North and South (sometimes referred to as North & South - big difference there, I'll say). Why did I make this site? Because once I have an obsession, it never ever ceases. I don't know when I saw my first period drama - I've seen too many up til now. North and South touches me in a way that no other classic novel has. It is a moving and beautiful love story yet also has a social conscience. This is an incredible tale that transcends its time, and was brilliantly brought to the screen by the BBC. If you're a rabid fan of North and South, like me, then please do join!
I spent a good deal of time trying to think of an original and appealing title for this fanlisting but then upon rereading the novel, decided to name it Pack Clouds Away which is the title given to the final chapter of the book. Slightly ambiguous, mysterious, unless you've already read the novel and know where I'm coming from... ;) What images come to your mind at the thought is beyond me.
About North & South
More detailed information coming soon.
Summary extracted from the DVD
"As the daughter of a middle-class parson, Margaret Hale has enjoyed a privileged upbringing in rural southern England. But when her father uproots the family, she is forced to adapt to a new life in Milton - a northern mill town in the throes of the industrial revolution.
Margaret is shocked by her new surroundings - the dirt, noise and gruffness of the people of Milton. However, she saves her greatest contempt for the mill-owners. When John Thornton, charismatic proprietor of Marlborough Mills, becomes a "pupil" of her father, she makes her distaste for this vulgar and uneducated new class abundantly clear.
Over time, Margaret's attitude towards the mill workers begins to change and she joins their workplace struggles against poverty and disease. But will she ever change her view of their employers - in particular, John Thornton who has secretly become her admirer?"