EPISODE · Apr 8, 2026 · 24 MIN
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 3 | Audiobook
from The Essential Reads · host Isaac Birchall
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 3 "The More Haste The Worse Speed", 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:Mr Henry Lennox has come to visit, and he is greeted happily by Margaret. He lets her know that her cousin and his brother have now started their proper honeymoon and have gone to Plymouth to catch their boat. Margaret goes to fetch her mother and while she is gone, the man looks around himself and is disappointed to find out in what sort of place Margaret lives. It is not at all how he pictured it. Mrs Hale is not happy about the visit from Mr Lennox, as both she and her husband are not feeling too well, and they are only to have a cold lunch so that the servants can get their work done. Margaret tells her that Mr. Hale likes Mr Lennox, and not to worry about the food, and when pressed by her mother as to what he is to do until lunch, her daughter says that she shall take him into the forest to draw. Mr Lennox and Margaret set out into the forest and find some lovely cottages to draw. Margaret goes off and talks to the old man who lives in one of the cottages and Mr. Lennox draws Margaret and the old man into his sketch. After a couple of hours, they are finished and back up their drawing materials and head back home for dinner. The dinner is fine and conversation is easy. The family then goes into the garden to eat fresh pears for dessert. In the Garden, Henry and Margaret go on a small walk around their grounds. During this walk, Mr Lennox professes his love to Margaret. This declaration greatly shocks her, and she lets him know that she has only ever thought of him as a friend. Mr Lennox is both shocked and heavily disappointed by her response. They go back together to join the family again and Margaret is very upset with her visitor. She wishes that he could never had said anything at all, wishes that things were like they were before. Following this, the mood has changed and Mr. Hale is less impressed with Mr. Lennox, though he has no idea why the man have changed in so short a time. They are very glad when he takes his leave of them to catch the 5o’clock train. 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.
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell chapter 3 "The More Haste The Worse Speed", 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:Mr Henry Lennox has come to visit, and he is greeted happily by Margaret. He lets her know that her cousin and his brother have now started their proper honeymoon and have gone to Plymouth to catch their boat. Margaret goes to fetch her mother and while she is gone, the man looks around himself and is disappointed to find out in what sort of place Margaret lives. It is not at all how he pictured it. Mrs Hale is not happy about the visit from Mr Lennox, as both she and her husband are not feeling too well, and they are only to have a cold lunch so that the servants can get their work done. Margaret tells her that Mr. Hale likes Mr Lennox, and not to worry about the food, and when pressed by her mother as to what he is to do until lunch, her daughter says that she shall take him into the forest to draw. Mr Lennox and Margaret set out into the forest and find some lovely cottages to draw. Margaret goes off and talks to the old man who lives in one of the cottages and Mr. Lennox draws Margaret and the old man into his sketch. After a couple of hours, they are finished and back up their drawing materials and head back home for dinner. The dinner is fine and conversation is easy. The family then goes into the garden to eat fresh pears for dessert. In the Garden, Henry and Margaret go on a small walk around their grounds. During this walk, Mr Lennox professes his love to Margaret. This declaration greatly shocks her, and she lets him know that she has only ever thought of him as a friend. Mr Lennox is both shocked and heavily disappointed by her response. They go back together to join the family again and Margaret is very upset with her visitor. She wishes that he could never had said anything at all, wishes that things were like they were before. Following this, the mood has changed and Mr. Hale is less impressed with Mr. Lennox, though he has no idea why the man have changed in so short a time. They are very glad when he takes his leave of them to catch the 5o’clock train. 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.
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