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Forced to leave her home in the tranquil, rural south, Margaret Hale settles with her parents in Milton. She witnesses the brutal world wreaked by the Industrial Revolution, seeing employers and workers clashing in the first strikes... and she meets John Thornton.
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Fan Casting Bessy Higgins(Nicolas's eldest daughter)

Role added by froggiefeet on August 23, 2022

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Description of Bessy Higgins (Nicolas's eldest daughter):

Bessy is Nicholas Higgins’ sickly daughter, whom Margaret meets in the streets of Milton and befriends. Like Margaret, she is 19, but the contrast between their circumstances couldn’t be greater. Bessy is dying of consumption (or perhaps byssinosis), which she has developed after years of work in the cotton mills. She persisted in working despite her poor health out of a desire to be strong and to provide for her family, showing her generous nature. She clings to faith in the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation, and looks forward to life after death to sustain her in her suffering. She develops a deep affection for Margaret. She dies of her illness halfway through the novel.

 

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