North & South is a TV mini-series directed by Brian Percival in 2004 and based on the book North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1855. The TV series features Daniela Denby-Ashe, Richard Armitage, Sinead Cusack, Lesley Manville, Tim Pigott-Smith, Pauline Quirke, and others.
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“The TV series is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
235
Movie Rate
8.60
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
North & South
Director: Brian Percival
Country: UK
Year: 2004
Length: 3h55m / 4 episodes
Year
1855
Pages
521
Book Rate
8.26
S: Goodreads
Book
North and South
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Country: UK
First published in: 1855
Length: 521 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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