Digital content provided by hoopla. Read by Clare Wille.
Summary:
Saddened to be leaving behind the sophistication of the South, Margaret Hale approaches her new life in the unrefined, industrialized North with dread. Appalled at the poverty, struggle, and mean conditions that surround her, her revulsion particularly centers on the factory owner John Thornton. Yet, when circumstances conspire to bring them together, Margaret begins to see past crude stereotypes.
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