#you cannot really make sense or justice to it without discussing Higgins and Boulcher
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Advisor asked me to write about two or three relationships that illustrate the intuitions I have about Gaskell's ethical-political framework in N&S, and, granted, how can he tell without having read the book, and I cannot expect him to read the whole thing, but boy is that a much more difficult task than he thinks.
#like think for example Higgins and Thornton#you cannot really make sense or justice to it without discussing Higgins and Boulcher#Higgins and Margaret#and to a certain extent the ways in which both Thornton and Higgins react to and engage with Mr Hale#so hm that is being a challenge#north and south#elizabeth gaskell#the baroness writes
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