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Home Is Where The Heart Is by Aaliko
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
20 Dec 2024
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A retelling of North & South where Margaret Hale is the older one (near her 30s) and John Thornton the younger one (in his early 20s).
How about a more mature, calm, level-headed Margaret meeting a young, more idealistic and eager John?
You'd be surprised how well this works! Give it a go, you won't regret it :)She's a spinster, caring for her ageing parents, uprooted from her lovely Helstone.
He's a freshly appointed mill master who just came out of poverty and tries to thrive.
They both have to find their place in Milton and quickly become friends but soon have to sort out their feelings.
Set in the 1850s, like the novel.The story is complete and will be updated every friday.
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Encounters and Consequences by DarkshireLass
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, David Copperfield - Charles Dickens, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
19 Dec 2024
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John Thornton crosses to Havre in April 1854 to investigate why the price of raw cotton is so high. He has an unexpected meeting and helps a young woman out of a predicament. Returning to Milton, he learns that his tutor, and friend, Richard Hale, has died and Margaret Hale will leave Milton. His good deed comes back to haunt his reputation. Will Miss Hale hear of it, and what will she think? Meanwhile, Margaret Hale wrestles with the shame of the lie she told to protect her brother. When she becomes Mr Bell’s heiress, she has an opportunity to choose her future path. A variety of unexpected encounters and the consequences of social stigma, shame and regret on the choices of John Thornton, Margaret Hale and Emily, Mr Peggotty’s niece, are explored in this non-canon story of North & South with borrowings from David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) with reflections on Mansfield Park (Jane Austen).
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Good Morrow to Our Waking Souls by pointlace
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
09 Dec 2024
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This was a drabble that turned into a short story because Margaret and John had too many feelings for it to be any shorter. 😄
It starts in the part of the story when Mr. Hale finally realizes his wife is dying and he's melting into a puddle on the floor at the thought. (No, I don't actually like the guy. He makes me angry because he puts EVERYTHING on his 19 year old daughter. Seriously, dude?!?)Also, I’m rearranging canon and its timeline to entirely suit my purposes, so Mr. Bell will have visited and become enamored of Margaret BEFORE Mrs. Hale died and Mrs. Shaw won’t be off adventuring in Europe, so she can take in Margaret when I needed her to. 😇
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Landing by Violet83
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
03 Nov 2024
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Epilogue to A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place
One year later, John and Margaret return to Corfu, searching for some quiet romance after difficult times.
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- Part 3 of The Corfu Collection
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A Train Wreck Called Love by philipaholt
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
25 Oct 2024
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The night Margaret Hale gets shot in my original story The Rhythm of Life, so many things could have gone differently. I wanted one last look in this universe to answer this question: "What if John never made his train wreck proposal?"
So here we go again. One last time.
If you're interested in an eBook or print copies of my writing, click Here for more info. Cheers!
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- Part 8 of The Gods Are Laughing at Us
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A Soft Breeze in a Sultry Place by Violet83
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
20 Oct 2024
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After meeting on their flight from London to Corfu, John and Margaret find themselves at the same hotel for their separate family weddings. Will they fall in love in their few days on the island?
Fully written. Now complete!
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- Part 2 of The Corfu Collection
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Their meeting goes a bit differently.
Kinktober Day 4: Selfcest
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- Part 4 of Kinktober 2024
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This Wild, Strange, Miserable Convenience by ElizabethHades
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
27 Sep 2024
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At her Father and Godfather's bidding, John Thornton makes another offer of marriage to Margaret Hale, who is no longer in any position to refuse. But he is determined to keep his own feelings to himself, and leave her to her desires and inclinations. He cannot risk having his world, and his heart, shattered by her once again...
If you love a soft, tender, lovesick John, and a fragile, gently trusting Margaret, this story is for you!
A slow-burn, HEA, romantic marriage of convenience, with some sickness, hurt/comfort, loneliness and a fair amount of angst and tension.
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Unexpected Revenge by deniseks_syd
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
15 Jun 2024
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Post-canon - BBC miniseries North and South, 2004
The day after Margaret met John at a train station halfway between Milton and London and returned to Milton with him, she heard the details of a meeting between him and his banker, Mr Latimer. What she heard made her angry, and she rearranged her business interests accordingly. Her actions had unexpected consequences.
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The Mask and the Yellow Rose by ForeverAutumn1
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom, Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
03 Jun 2024
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After the death of her father, Margaret Hale is forced to support herself as a chorus dancer at the famed Milton Opera. Here she encounters a man who creates extraordinary music, but is shrouded in mystery and shadows, and hides his face behind a mask. Will her Angel of Music be Margaret’s salvation… or ruin…
A North and South / Phantom of the Opera Crossover
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AU. Yet one more variation on the 'Margaret has no living relation who might take care of her after her father's death' scenario.
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- Part 3 of Mixing Memory and Desire
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That May Be Found, if Sought by Lothiriel84
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
26 Apr 2024
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AU. A slightly different take on the 'Margaret has no relation left in England who might take care of her after her father's death' scenario.
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- Part 2 of Mixing Memory and Desire
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Across the Miles by AnnabellaGrace
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
14 Apr 2024
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Margaret Hale left Milton seven months ago and is now living in Cadiz, Spain. Can a letter from Margaret to John Thornton be the impetus to a greater understanding of each other and lead to more correspondence between them? Are they more willing to say what they feel through the written word sent across the miles from Spain to England and from England to Spain?
This story is completed, and will be updated three times a week. I have gifted this story to my friend and fellow miller, Fossy, who loves a HEA for John and Margaret as much as I do!
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Two Wrongs by islawinter
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), Richard Armitage - Fandom
26 Mar 2024
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A modernization of North and South in which Margaret Hale is a social worker and John Thornton owns tenements where people live in poverty. Inspired by FaithBW's Back To You, but the plot diverges widely. I draw on my own experience as a social worker to imagine Margaret's life in a modern-day Milton, and I draw on my own *cough* obsession with Richard Armitage to create what I hope is a particularly sexy John Thornton.
Thank you to my North and South Book Club friends for the inspiration to write my first N&S fic!
All pics and gifs are of Richard Armitage as Lucas North in Spooks/MI5, the character who most closely matches my image of the modern-day Thornton.
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Remarkable for the Truth by AnnabellaGrace
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South (UK TV)
19 Mar 2024
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Back To You by philipaholt for mimosa8
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
14 Jan 2024
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John Thornton hasn't seen Margaret Hale in sixteen years. His whole world flips upside down when an unexpected visitor turns up at Marlborough Shipping Depot, forcing John to relive the best—and worst—time of his life.
This story is for my dear friend, Mimosa from The Mill at Milton . Mim is always encouraging us writers. She also edits. Overall, she's pretty cool. I'm moving this story from ff.net to here, because she asked me to.
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- Part 2 of Love is Merely A Madness
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Margaret looked very pale and agitated, a fine tremor running through her entire frame; before Mrs Shaw could do so much as utter a single word, he was at her side, guiding her to sit down with such tender solicitude that earned him a tremulous smile from his intended.
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- Part 2 of Roads to Milton
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How I Wish to Know and Love You by ceaselesslyinlove
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
23 Sep 2023
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Margaret self-reflects after the strike and realizes she cares for Mr. Thornton in a way that is not very platonic whatsoever.
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Last Train to Milton by ForeverAutumn1
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
21 Aug 2023
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Margaret Hale’s peaceful life is upended when her father dies while serving in his Helstone parish. Forced to depend on London relations, she may soon be compelled into an unwanted marriage. An unexpected provision from a friend will allow her a new independence, and will send her on a journey to a place she’s never been, Milton.
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OF RETIREMENT PARTIES AND THUNDERSTORMS by mimosa8
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
07 Aug 2023
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Mr. Bell organizes a retirement party for himself in Oxford, and the Hales and John Thornton meet for the first time.