North and South

The story of Margaret Hale, a young woman whose life is turned upside down when her family relocates to northern England. Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty, smoky industrial town of Milton. But as she adapts to her new home, she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor. Her passioN leads her to repeatedly clash with mill owner John Thornton over his treatment of his workers.