North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell.
The novel is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of E.
The novel uses a protagonist from southern England to present and comment on the perspectives of mill owners and workers in an industrialising city.
The 2004 version renewed interest in the novel and attracted a wider readership.
It is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times (1966, 1975 and 2004).
North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell