North and South is a social novel published in 1854 by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell.<br/><br/>With Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times (1966, 1975 and 2004).<br/><br/>The later version renewed interest in the novel and attracted a wider readership.<br/>(from wikipedia.org)