North and South and Pride and Prejudice
Please write on the comparison between the North and South and Pride and Prejudice. You may think about the comparison from the following aspects: 1. Comparing their respective social concerns between these two women writers: Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell. 2. Comparing Jane Austen’s Romance and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Romance and Industrial Novel. 3. Discuss if there is any influence of Jane Austen upon Elizabeth Gaskell. 4. Comparing the social background of Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell, and the social conditions reflected in each novel. The above are guidelines to help you think through and organize your thought and arguments. Also you need to do textual and critical analysis. Please quote from the text.