CELEBRATING THE BEAUTIFUL ‘NORTH AND SOUTH’ 20 YEARS LATER. We celebrate the lovely #PeriodDrama from BBC. #JohnThornton #MargaretHale #NorthandSouth #Romance

https://rissiwrites.com/2025/06/celebrating-the-beautiful-north-and-south-20-years-later.html

Feeling bad for Mr. #JohnThornton.

"'Novelists like Edith Wharton depict the new money families of the Gilded Age, those whose fortunes came from industry rather than land holdings, experiencing an astronomical rise in wealth outpaced by their ability to understand or consume art & culture,' said Ms. Zibrak. 'In these novels, buying fake or purely decorative books is aligned w/having poor taste in art or an ignorance of social custom.'" (NYT) #NorthAndSouth #RichardArmitage #ElizabethGaskell

Thornton Thursday. That's the post.

#RichardArmitage #JohnThornton #ElizabethGaskell #IwouldratherbeinMilton