North and South

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

Narrated by: Trisha Rose, Amanda Friday, Rob Goll, David Stifel, Jeff Moon

Length: 20 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's Summary

North and South follows the young Margaret Hale as she is caught in the middle of the brutal world between employers and local workers following the Industrial Revolution. She finds herself at odds from the very start with John Thornton, a local factory owner and self-made man, as she believes him to be unfeeling and callous about the poverty and suffering of the workers while John sees Margaret as haughty and entitled. Further conflicts arise when the workers strike and Margaret feels compelled to intervene with no regard for her own safety. Written in 1854, North and South is one of Gaskell's best-known novels and has been adapted for the screen three times.

Cast: (selected roles)

Trisha Rose - Narrator

Amanda Friday - Margaret Hale

Rob Goll - John Thornton

David Stifel - Richard Hale

Elizabeth Klett - Maria Hale

Jeff Moon - Nicholas Higgins

Shaina Summerville - Bessy Higgins

Lillian Rachel - Dixon

Sarah Mitchell - Hannah Thornton

Mark Crowle-Groves - Frederick Hale

Graham Scott - Mr Bell

Tiffany Halla Colonna - Fanny Thornton

Anna Grace - Edith

Andy Harrington - Henry Lennox

Craig Franklin - Captain Lennox

Michelle Marie - Charlotte

Ted Wenskus - Mr Colthurst

Sara Morsey - Mrs Shaw

Denis Daly - Mr Lowe

Audio edited by Rob Goll

Production copyright 2020 by The Online Stage.

©1954 Elizabeth Gaskell (P)2020 The Online Stage

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loved every word, just wish it was longer

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