Difference between revisions of "North and South (Gaskell, 1855)"
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*33 Mr Hale leaving Church ministry -- note v good | *33 Mr Hale leaving Church ministry -- note v good | ||
**39 Margaret seems justified in her perception of moving in a fortnight to be quite fast -- when the hell did anything in a Victorian novel happen that quickly?! | **39 Margaret seems justified in her perception of moving in a fortnight to be quite fast -- when the hell did anything in a Victorian novel happen that quickly?! | ||
| + | *66 repeated theme of Margaret's parents being overly reliant on her "genius for management" (60) | ||
==Theme Tracking== | ==Theme Tracking== | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 7 September 2017
General
- prefatory note interesting on her perceived constraint by serialized publication in Household Words and subsequent expansion in volume form
- 17 desc of M as "so far from regularly beautiful" makes her a sister of Bronte heroines
- 33 Mr Hale leaving Church ministry -- note v good
- 39 Margaret seems justified in her perception of moving in a fortnight to be quite fast -- when the hell did anything in a Victorian novel happen that quickly?!
- 66 repeated theme of Margaret's parents being overly reliant on her "genius for management" (60)
Theme Tracking
Reading/Writing
- 20 "the well-bound little-read English Classics" in the Helstone parsonage library
- 23 "proper old Italian binding" on an ed of Dante's paradiso
- 34 Mr Hale quoting a 17c dissenter to justify leaving ministry
Shakespeare references
- 5 compares Edith to Titania Midsummer Dream
- 7 course of true love running smooth
