Set in the mid-nineteenth century and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil setting of rural southern England to the turbulent industrial north. This tale of the hard won triumphs of good over evil and of rational through ove prejudice, the emergence of respect in the face of hatred, and the eventual blossoming of love, will thrill the readers of today just as much as it idd when it was first written almost 150 years ago.