North and South is one of those tasty novels you’ll want to set aside an entire weekend to gobble up. And then follow it up not long after by watching the excellent BBC adaptation (although you may do these two things in reverse order–which is what I did, and it by no means lessens the enjoyment of either).

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The primary thing I took away from this book was what a great job Kate Winslet did with the character Marianne in Ang Lee’s film adaptation. She was spot on, and her interpretation aided rather than hindered the reading of the book.
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Jane Eyre isn’t beautiful or rich or of any social consequence. She’s a poor, plain working girl whose concerns and feelings are so expertly portrayed that we almost feel they are our own. Part of Jane’s attraction is her ordinariness. Who wouldn’t connect on some level with her? Through her eyes and ears we see the displays of the upper classes as an outsider–giving the social mores of the time an even more ridiculous tone.