North and South (Gaskell, 1855)
From Commonplace Book
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?!
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
