An enduring romance, a guilty pleasure. Margaret Of The North is a historical romance about a young Victorian woman, who has an intense love affair with her husband. Unlike the quick affairs and shallow relationships typical of modern romances, the love between Margaret and John is deep, lasting, and compelling.
Margaret confronts modernity and industrialization and struggles with the age-old complexities of human relationships in a harsh bustling Northern city. After marrying John Thornton, she faces challenges and influences those around her in her passage into maturity and modern womanhood. Intelligent, independent-minded, and passionate about her own concerns, she whittles away at Victorian repression, curbs a niche and an identity for herself, and becomes a modern woman who remains true to her feelings for the man she loves. In resurrecting her feminist-leaning themes, the novel pays homage to Elizabeth Gaskell. Written in a tone and style that harks back to 19th century writers, it also pays tribute to Jane Austen.
