North & South. Poster of the 2004 TV series and cover of the 1855 book, North and South
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North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell, 1855
TV series vs book
Brian Percival, 2004

Margaret Hale and her parents Maria and Richard live in the idyllic town in Helstone in Hampshire. At the wedding of her cousin, Edith, Margaret is approached by Edith’s new brother-in-law, Henry Lennox. Lennox visits Helstone a while later and proposes marriage to Margaret; she refuses him. Later, the family is forced to move to the industrial town of Milton, in the north of England.