Margaret and her family had to move to Milton. She was used to the quiet life in the south, so she had to survive to all the changes. Her family went through bad times due to lack of money, but eventually everything improved. Since miss Margaret arrived to Miltone she had a lot of prejudices about the people who lived there. Then, she realized that even when there were bad people, she was surrounded as well by hard working and kind ones. Margaret changed her opinion about his boss, Mr. Jhon Thorton and she finally accepted that he was a good man and he deserved an opportunity. And what should happen, happened; they got married. It was wonderful how much they learned about each other. They needed to see life from a different view; they were meant to be together.
Honestly this book met my expectations. Usually, I’m not the type of person that has expectations about everything, but this time I did because before reading this book, I had read a little bit about the author, Elizabeth Gaskell. She is considered as one of the best English writers and even though her style is unique and original, it has influences of Charles Dickens, so, the mixture is wonderful. The story perfectly describes how social problems can affect the different sectors or social classes.
Regarding to negative aspects, I would say that the book itself does not have bad things but what I did not like has to be more with my perception about how romance and love was seen in that time. Women had to find a rich man and marry him in order to help their families to get out of poverty. I felt through the story, how all the weight of that decision affected women’s life. Fortunately, it was not the case for Margaret Hale because she was independent and her condition as a woman was not an obstacle for her.
To summarize, I really have say I liked the way the story was developed. Besides, there is a love story but there is not like others. This love story is subtle, is real. It shows life and love as what it is: a series of lucky events and others not that much.
I would like to recommend this book to all people, especially if they like to read stories that reflect society at different times. And if you are interested in events such as the Industrial Revolution, you definitely have to read it. About the author, what else could I say? As I mentioned before, she is amazing. I would like to read another of her novels.
Despite I would always prefer this genre, I would like to try sci-fi-. I have heard many good opinions from my friends and maybe I will enjoy getting out of reality for I while.
Erin Avilés.
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