The shock of sudden death of Mr. Hale crushes Mr. Bell, rendering him unable to bring the sad news to Margaret himself. He is forced to delegate the terrible duty to the only one he can entrust it: his friend and tenant Mr. Thornton.

I love both the book and miniseries North & South, and it has inspired me to finally start writing, with a sequel. It starts at the last scene in the movie, a scene I have probably watched hundreds of times, and mostly draws from the miniseries rather than the book Enjoy, and please comment..I'm interested to know what you think!

When her father uproots their family over a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is forced to leave her comfortable parsonage for the harsh north of England. The industrial ugliness of her new home is only worsened by the bestial behavior of those who work the mills. Both man and shifter are like nothing Margaret has ever met before. But when Margaret comes to see the bleak poverty facing these workers, she takes up their cause against John Thornton, a self-made mill-owner who seems the personification of all she hates about the north. He is a stubborn pure human, with no care for the strugglings of his workers. But while Margaret comes to learn what it truly means to belong to a pack, she also must face the possibility that, like the mill workers, Thornton is not exactly as he seems.

Two paths chance to cross one evening and things will somehow never be the same again.

An alternate imagining of Mrs. Gaskell's story, assuming Margaret had been hurt more seriously on the day of the riot. Intertwines elements of both the book and the BBC series, but focuses less on angst and more on the relationship of John Thornton and Margaret Hale.

A mid-canon retelling of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, based partially on the 2004 BBC mini-series. After an illicit encounter in Mr Thornton's study on the night of the dinner party, Margaret Hale finds herself struggling to understand the undeniable pull she feels towards this man she once could not stand. The pair find themselves drawn to one another despite their differing views and constant clashes. When Margaret finds herself dealing with one tragedy after another, will she decide to follow what her heart truly desires? In progress

John Thornton has an eager mind, starved for intellectual stimulation. But what John could not have foreseen was that just as his mind needs nourishment, so does his heart. Mr. Hale's proud, beautiful, kind, stubborn, and compassionate daughter Miss Margaret Hale will bring John Thornton's untutored heart to full and vibrant life.