***All Credits To Elizabeth Gaskell*** When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret bec...
When Carrie Preston's favourite aunt dies she retreats into her favourite book, Elizabeth Gaskell's North & South, only to find herself suddenly stuck in that story and seriously messing up her favourite romance of all time! Now available on Amazon (click "external link" below) or copy paste these addresses. Amazon...
A fanfiction continuation of North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell, heavily inspired by the 2004 mini series. After a chance encounter on a train station platform between London and Milton, Margaret and John return North. This story follows the first years of their marriage. A warm, cosy story with a romantic slant.
John Thornton is engaged to Ann Latimer, but one evening when Margaret Hale walks into his life, everything changes.
I am surprised that so many people have enjoyed my story without ever having read or seen the book and film production on which it is based. I am very curious to know more about your familiarity with the original story. Please use the commentary for this poll to respond.
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. T...
If the missive had met its mark: What would have been if the stone had struck John Thornton instead of Margaret Hale on that fateful day at Marlborough Mills? An angst-ridden, mid-canon, slow-burn HEA Retelling of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South from the day of the riot, both book and TV miniseries based. UPDATED...
What if Margaret was an event photographer and John owned a concert venue? A modern AU story, set in the not-quite-current day United States. Starts with the beginning and will end after HEA, with some drama along the way. Now with a Youtube playlist for the songs that go with each chapter: https://www.youtube.com/pl...
John reminisces his first Christmas with Margaret as a married couple and how his life changed when the clock struck twelve.
John and Margaret Thornton had a wonderfully happy marriage. Alas, things were not meant to be. Eighteen months after being wed, Margaret died in childbirth. John, with the help of his mother, is raising a son alone nearly four years later. Still bitter by the loss of his beloved wife, he has turned into the angry sco...
Aurora Clarisse Edwards is sick and tired of dealing with her frustrated feelings. So when she gets an assignment to describe three things she would change about a classic novel, North and South is an easy choice. Perhaps she can-spoiler alert!-keep three lives from dying? Or maybe she can be the bridge of the complex...
This is a continuation of the story of North and South, many years after the last meeting between Margaret and John. In 1854, Margaret was living with her aunt and cousin in London after the death of her father earlier in the year. John Thornton comes to dinner at Harley Street as a guest of Henry Lennox, and Marga...
A short one shot and continuation of the story by Elizabeth Gaskell. This is my first time writing fanfiction after years of reading it. I might continue writing this story since I'm very interested in what M and J's life in Miton will be like :)
John Thornton and Margaret Hale are happily in love and going to get married. But an accident leaves John with partial memory loss and what he has forgotten is his life and love for his bride to be. Margaret's whole world seems to come crashing down around her. This modern story is based upon and inspired by E. Gaskel...
Based on the televised adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North & South'. When Margaret Hale moves from the South to a northern industrial town, her relationship with cotton mill owner John Thornton gets off to a shaky start but that changes over time, a little quicker in this short fanfic than in the actual story!
"Love is a Choice" is my original story of love and romance set in the early to mid 1800's. All rights reserved! This is an historical fiction tale of a rakish Lord Rafe Wingate and his young and innocent bride Lady Katherine Southwick, their extended families trials and tribulations, and life in regency to mid 1...
When you go to England and bump into a stranger. Realizing its Richard Armitage. You two love each other and nothing will separate you.
A short story after the birth of John and Margaret Thornton's first child. -The story is evolving and I can't honestly say where it will go, if anywhere. When I have good content to write, I will continue the story. Thanks for giving it a try-
Based on the classic novel North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell, this modern story of John and Margaret takes them on a magical adventure filled with intrique, suspense, and romance. John Thornton spends all his waking hours working in the family business. In his leisure time, he hunts for antique books. When one litera...
Margaret and John Marry after John reinstated his declaration of love and John hearing Margaret's declaration of love. What if John starts to worry about Margaret during the time she announces she's carrying their child to the point he injures himself? He knew many woman had perished when or a few days after they brou...
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.
Elisabeth Armitage merely exists, she is an exceedingly rich heiress feeling at odds with her life. She slowly discovers a way of making peace with her soul. On this journey, she crosses paths with the owner of a cotton Mill named John Thornton, who like herself, suffers from an emptiness, a deeply rooted sadness caus...
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.
Mrs. Thornton awaits her son's return. With mills failed and house to be given up she expects nothing but more grief in the future. Mostly series based. Extrapolating the train scene on the subsequent behavior of Mr. Thornton and Miss Hale.
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 e...
If you loved the BBC miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's "North and South," then this sequel is for you. "Becoming Mrs. Thornton" picks up Margaret Hale's story from the moment of her engagement. We watch her adjust to life as John Thornton's wife (yay!) and Hannah Thornton's daughter-in-law (not so yay!).
