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The Machinery Behind the World by sophiaquills
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom, North and South (UK TV)
27 Sep 2025
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He was never in the plan.
Then again, neither was she.
But they arrived on time.
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Never Doubt I Love by VeeDeeAnn
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
26 Sep 2025
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John Thornton, Mill owner of Milton Northern. Handsome, successful, a driven complicated man with a tragic and mysterious past. Margaret Hale, of Helstone and London. Beautiful, young, protected by her loving uncle, and cousin of society beauty Lady Edith Lennox. North and South. Their lives are worlds apart, and the path to true love never did run smooth…..
Set in a later period, beginning in 1869, this is AU John and Margaret’s love story, with many obstacles and misunderstandings before our lovers are finally united.
Do not be fooled dear reader, things are not always as they seem, and all will be revealed at the end!! While these are not the John and Margaret of canon, I hope I have retained the essence of Mrs Gaskell’s characters.
Comments are most welcome.
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my body knew (before I did) by borealisaurora
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
24 Sep 2025
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Margaret and John are forced to marry after Margaret's actions at the riot, but about a month into the marriage that Margaret thought would be a prison sentence, she finds herself... drawn to her husband. Margaret never received an education on marital relations, but she finds herself desperate to be close to John, even if that means making very brazen and bizarre decisions (like walking in on him bathing and offering to, of all things, wash his hair).
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A Scandalous Act by IWannaDoBadThingsWithYou237
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
21 Sep 2025
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AU-Post her father’s death Margaret Hale is left horrified when her Aunt presents her with little choice but to marry Henry Lennox who she most assuredly does not love nor even like. John Thronton presents in a moment of madness an alternative solution.
Or…Margaret and John elope. They must deal with the family fall out upon their return, to say nothing of the gossip and the fact that they both are secretly in love with each other, both are convinced the other doesn’t and…well…they’ve not so much as even kissed.
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The Course Of True Love (Never Did Run Smooth) by IWannaDoBadThingsWithYou237
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
21 Sep 2025
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Margaret is still in Milton when Mr Hale dies and promptly goes missing. John finds her and the two shelter in from a storm end up making passionate love and Margaret finds herself pregnant…
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Right To The Heart by IWannaDoBadThingsWithYou237
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
21 Sep 2025
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AU of the story. Before moving to Milton Margaret at the tender age of seventeen marries Henry Lennox. Their marriage is plagued by illness and all Henry can do is offer to help Margaret adopt a baby so she will not be alone when he dies…
At seventeen John Thornton did not intend to impregnant a girl, however duty dictates he takes care of his wife and child though his wife dies in childbed. His father however does not agree and before his untimely death he arranges to have the child adopted without telling his son where she is.
Fast forward seven years later to when Mr Hale moves his family to Milton and…
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The Air Is Full Of Spices 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
10 Sep 2025
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'Love and Marriage, they go together like a horse and carriage', goes the song.
But how do desire, attraction and affection evolve in a happy marriage? Here is a fic following John and Margaret's love through the years, to explore these universal themes.
About the title: "The Air Is Full Of Spices" is a quote from 1995's movie Sense and Sensibility, when Colonel Brandon answers young Margaret Dashwood's question about India. Close your eyes and hear dear Alan Rickman's velvety voice speak his reply... you'll get a good notion of my inspiration for this story 😍
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A Marriage of Inconvenience by TheScribbler_CMB
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
27 Aug 2025
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A collection of short stories based on the premise that John and Margaret marry for convenience and gradually come to realise their feelings for each other.
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The First Time by Violet83
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
24 Aug 2025
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The first time John Thornton and Margaret Hale meet is in a Boston coffee shop. Is it love at first sight or just an irritating encounter?
Maybe by the second time (or third time, or fourth time...) they'll figure it out?
Now complete!
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A vignette of married life.
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- Part 5 of Married Love
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How does your Garden Grow by Caesia390
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
14 Aug 2025
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Life in the Thornton family, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health... Sex and its repercussions.
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- Part 2 of Roses and Lace
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The Thornton Tales by TheScribbler_CMB
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
04 Aug 2025
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A series of short stories set after John and Margaret get engaged and celebrating the many years of their happy marriage.
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The Thorn and the Rose: A Collection of North and South Short Stories by TheScribbler_CMB
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
03 Aug 2025
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A series of quick and simple North and South fanfic stories that follow the love and life of John Thornton and Margaret Hale, spanning from their early days of misunderstandings to their happily forever after.
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A Milton Match: as seen from below stairs by DarkshireLass
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South - Ambiguous Fandom
03 Aug 2025
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Margaret Hale and John Thornton are engaged after a long separation. Dixon, Miss Hale's ladies' maid and family servant of long standing, gives her point of view. Her thoughts and observations from the time of the engagement to the early days of their marriage are shared in this story.
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- Part 4 of A Milton Match
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Stern and Iron by roamingbadger
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
26 Jul 2025
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When her train back to Milton from the Great Exhibition gets derailed, Margaret's rescue comes in a most unwelcome form: Mr. John Thornton. And when word gets out of their time together, she has even bigger problems on her hands. Their resulting arrangement forces her to ask: did she really know the man she rejected? Perhaps he's someone she can confide in after all.
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A Milton Match - as seen from Standish House by DarkshireLass
Fandoms: North and South - Ambiguous Fandom, North and South (UK TV), North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
12 Jul 2025
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Margaret Hale and John Thornton have become engaged. Fanny Watson wished to find out more about their relationship and to impart advice on marriage. She is reminded of her own early married days with Robert Watson, as she watches her brother and his fiancee.
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- Part 3 of A Milton Match
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Between North and South by foldingmoonlight
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
11 Jul 2025
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The story didn’t end at the station: Margaret Hale and John Thornton have only just begun to learn about each other - body, soul and everything in between.
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A Tale of Two Pens by Annie_Archer
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
18 Jun 2025
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London 1840s: Faramir Steward, writer, poet and - most importantly - publisher, is a disappointment to his family, but that is nothing new. What is new though is the manuscript he comes across, written by the mysterious D. Ernhelm. At first, he is only fascinated by the plot and the narration, but soon said fascination turns into infatuation with the illustrous writer himself - a man he only gets to know through letters. It is at the same time an infatuation that is prohibited and to make matters worse, his family is pressuring him to get married, and have already found the ideal candidate: Éowyn Eorl, cold and beautiful, rich and educated - and absolutely not whom he wants to marry. But he supposes it could be worse, because at least he won't fall in love with her and complicate his feelings, right?
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Before We Were Us by TheScribbler_CMB
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South (UK TV)
16 Jun 2025
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A series of short stories exploring different paths by which John Thornton and Margaret Hale could have found each other, fallen for one another, and confessed their love.
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Soulmates by philipaholt
Fandoms: North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell | UK TV, North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
15 Jun 2025
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Soulmate AU one shots staring a modern John Thornton and Margaret Hale. This is my attempt to write through a list of soulmate tropes for a bit of fluff and fun. Cross-posted on FF.net
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