If you are female, you have more than likely read Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. If you haven’t read it, you have probably watched one of the many film and television adaptations. If you are female and you haven’t read it OR seen it, well I don’t know what you’ve been doing. For those of you that have read it or seen it, you probably loved it (liked it at least), and dreamt of finding your own Mr Darcy. If you did enjoy this book, then I can guarantee that you will enjoy North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. The story centres around nineteen year old Margaret Hale. Born into a middle class family, she has spent the last 10 years of her life living with her rich aunt and cousin in London, while her parents live in the idyllic English countryside. When her cousin is married, she returns to live with her parents and to a place that she has loved all her life, despite not being there for all of it. When her father has doubts about …