Gaskell, Elizabeth creator London Penguin Books 2003 eng 450 p. This is one of the earliest novels of industrial alienation, tellingly linked to the plight of 19th-century women. It tells of the relationship between Margaret Hale, a girl from the old rural south, and John Thornton, a mill owner from the new industrial north. Elizabeth Gaskell 823.8 9780140434248 000030/0000301b.jpg 000030/0000301b.jpg BR-BrIDEA 118369