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Dec 2022
19h 15m

North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Ga...

Classic Literature
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North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell audiobook. Genre: drama Set in Victorian England, North and South is the story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south, Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty, smok ... Show More
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