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John William Jakes (March 31, 1932 – March 11, 2023) was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction.His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide.
North and South is a social novel published in 1854–55 by English author Elizabeth Gaskell.With Wives and Daughters (1866) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best-known novels and was adapted for television three times (1966, 1975 and 2004).
Gaskell was influenced by the writings of Jane Austen, especially in North and South, which borrows liberally from the courtship plot of Pride and Prejudice. [29] She was an established novelist when Patrick Brontë invited her to write a biography of his daughter, though she worried, as a writer of fiction, that it would be "a difficult thing ...
North and South (Gaskell novel), an 1854 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell; North and South, a series of novels by John Jakes (1982–1987) North and South (Jakes novel), first novel in the series; North & South, a 1946 poetry collection by Elizabeth Bishop; Avatar: The Last Airbender – North and South, a 2016–2017 graphic novel trilogy
Cranford is an episodic novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared in instalments in the magazine Household Words, then was published with minor revisions as a book with the title Cranford in 1853. The work slowly became popular and from the start of the 20th century it saw a number of dramatic treatments for the stage, the ...
North and South is a 1980s trilogy of best-selling novels by John Jakes which take place before, during, and after the American Civil War. [1] The saga tells the story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their ...
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