Episode 1 north and south episode 1 of 4 the first in a four part adaptation of elizabeth gaskell s feisty and passionate love story set across the social divides in the changing world of victorian industrial society 19 year old margaret hale and her parents are forced to leave their idyllic life in the south when mr hale resigns from the clergy and the family move to the northern town of milton mr hale takes work as a private tutor while margaret and her mother struggle to adapt to their new lives in the north when she befriends local millworkers margaret s consciousness is rapidly awakened to the divisions and inequalities in society a fiery meeting with charismatic millowner john thornton only serves to reinforce her prejudices against him he personifies the cruel injustice of the industrial system thornton however begins to develop a rather more favourable opinion of spirited margaret elizabeth gaskell s classic explores the simmering restrained passion between two very different people who fall in love in spite of themselves margaret daniela denby ashe set against the backdrop of victorian england s industrial north it follows the fortunes of margaret hale one of 19th century literature s most original heroines played by daniela denby ashe margaret is a privileged middle class southerner who is forced to settle in the northern town of milton john richard armitage margaret takes instant offence to the town and its people she becomes terribly lonely and hates the dirt noise and lack of civilisation blaming their new way of life for her mother s ailing health her distaste for the town and its people extends to handsome and charismatic cotton mill owner john thornton richard armitage whom she believes epitomises everything she dislikes about the north margaret daniela denby ashe however margaret gradually begins to settle in milton her social conscience awakens and she befriends some of the local mill workers learning about their poverty and workplace struggles as events conspire to throw margaret and thornton together the two spirited characters have to overcome their repressed physical attraction for one another and conquer prejudices of class and circumstance #North #Episode #South #2004
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