North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 19 | Audiobook

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 19 "Angel Visits", narrated by Isaac BirchallSubscribe on YT or Join the Book Club on Patreon and support me as an independent creator :D⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfOFfvo05ElM96CmfsGsu3g/join⁠Summary:Mrs. Hale is very excited about her husband and Margaret going to a dinner at Mr. Thornton’s residence. She wants to know about all of the little details of the event and wants to help Margaret get ready. Margaret finds her mother’s fretting funny and lets her mother help pick out her dress for her. Later, Margaret goes to see Bessy Higgins. Bessy is shocked by Margaret being invited to dine at the Thornton’s and can’t hide her feelings that Margaret is not wealthy enough to mingle with the upper society of Milton, which Margaret notices and responds to by saying that they are educated and know how to interact in society. Bessy is still shocked by it, saying that the Mayor dines there. Margaret talks a little about her dresses, saying that she never thought that she would have an opportunity to wear some of them, and Bessy begs to see her dressed up, and goes on a delirious recounting of having seen Margaret in a dream like an angel. Margaret tells her that it was only a dream, and she should not put too much meaning on it. Margaret then asks if her father has gone on strike yet, to which Bessy replies positively. He and many others have gone on strike. They are forgoing food to be on strike. Margaret asks if they really think that the strike is going to help, and Bessy explains what her father feels about the strike and as she finishes, her father walks through the door and confirms what he heard his daughter say. Mr. Hale is depressed by the tales of the working men and talks to Thornton about it. Mr. Thornton explains his case to Mr. Hale explaining that, in Margaret’s understanding, commerce is everything and even makes her feel ungrateful for the medicine that he brings to help her mother. Margaret very much dislikes him.Margaret goes to visit Bessy Higgins the day before the dinner party and find a man called Boucher, lamenting to Mr Higgins about the dire state his family is it. He cannot afford to be on strike any longer. He says that the union promised that only 2 weeks would be required for the master’s to give in to their 5%, but two weeks have nearly passed and not a single master has changed his mind. Boucher’s story is fully of emotion, and both Bessy and Margaret are incredibly moved by it. Margaret tells Bessy that she will give what money she can to help these people. Bessy says that she would like to see these men refuse Boucher if they were to speak to him. Bessy is getting sicker and sicker, and the girl claims that death is not far off. SEO stuff I don't want to do. Elizabeth Gaskell's classic, "North and South" sees Margaret Hale's live uprooted as her family moves to the north of England. Initially disgusted by the ugliness of the industrial town of Milton, Margaret develops a strong sense of social justice after seeing the poverty and suffering of local mill workers.