LOOKING BEYOND "NORTH AND SOUTH"

In the pas few years, I have become increasingly obsessed with costume dramas based upon British literature. My obsession has not only focused upon চলচ্চিত্র and miniseries based on the many movie and টেলিভিশন adaptations, but also on various British novels. Ranked near the শীর্ষ of the তালিকা of my পছন্দ stories is the 2004 BBC miniseries, ”NORTH AND SOUTH”.

Adapted দ্বারা Sandy Welch from Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1855 novel, ”NORTH AND SOUTH” told the story of a former clergyman’s daughter named Margaret Hale, who follows her uprooted parents to the Northern...

Thornton lifts Margaret’s bowed head gently and even আরো gently, kisses her. The চুম্বন becomes a little আরো insistent but she parts her lips and responds, instead of pulling back. All this, on the platform of a busy train station. The popularity of the BBC miniseries, North and South, based on Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel of the same title, probably owes much to this scene. Many have thought it one of the most romantic scenes ever to graze television. Some have argued that this scene would not have happened in Victorian times and with a character as “maidenly” as Margaret Hale.

I would...