North and South (version 3): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

North and South (version 3), credited to Elizabeth Gaskell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of North and South by Elizabeth Gask3ll. Read by MaryAnn Spiegel North and South is set in the fictional industrial town of Milton in the North of England. Forced to leave her home in the tranquil rural south, Margaret Hale settles with her parents in Milton where she witnesses the brutal world wrought by the industrial revolution and employers and workers clashing in the first organized strikes. Sympathetic to the poor whose courage and tenacity she admires and among whom she makes friends, she clashes with John Thornton, a cotton mill manufacturer who belongs to the nouveaux riches and whose contemptuous attitude to workers Margaret despises. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: North and South (version 3)
• Author credits: Elizabeth Gaskell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 52
• Listed recording duration: 19:03:05

Catalogue topics

• political economy
• strike
• cotton
• Manchester
• industrial' mill
• master
• spinner

Opening tracks: first 24 of 52

1. 01 - Ch 1 - Haste to the Wedding — 25:19
2. 02 - Ch 2 - Roses and Thorns — 18:50
3. 03 - Ch 3 - 'The More Haste the Worse Speed' — 22:50
4. 04 - Ch 4 - Doubts and Difficulties — 26:02
5. 05 - Ch 5 - Decision — 29:24
6. 06 - Ch 6 - Farewell — 14:56
7. 07 - Ch 7 - New Scenes and Faces — 18:45
8. 08 - Ch 8 - Home Sickness — 23:01
9. 09 - Ch 9 - Dressing for Tea — 9:51
10. 10 - Ch 10 - Wrought Iron and Gold — 20:31
11. 11 - Ch 11 - First Impressions — 18:06
12. 12 - Ch 12 - Morning Calls — 13:38
13. 13 - Ch 13 - A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place — 16:16
14. 14 - Ch 14 - The Mutiny — 13:44
15. 15 - Ch 15 - Masters and Men — 38:03
16. 16 - Ch 16 - The Shadow of Death — 20:04
17. 17 - Ch 17 - What is a Strike? — 20:34
18. 18 - Ch 18 - Likes and Dislikes — 20:40
19. 19 - Ch 19 - Angel Visits — 29:00
20. 20 - Ch 20 - Men and Gentlemen — 23:27
21. 21 - Ch 21 - The Dark Night — 20:15
22. 22 - Ch 22 - A Blow and Its Consequences — 34:36
23. 23 - Ch 23 - Mistakes — 17:55
24. 24 - Ch 24 - Mistakes Cleared Up — 15:08

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