North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

And yet, yo see, North and South has both met and made kind o' friends in this big smoky place.

 

So, I got to the title drop and though to post a progress, and... Huh... Hell, how does this keep happening to me? There I was, thinking I might leisurely shadow-read this mammoth while bingo progresses and then 80 pages go by.

 

The picks for the writing-women reading project are turning brilliant this year.