| Margaret Hale | |
|---|---|
 Daniela Denby-Ashe as Margaret | |
| First appearance | North & South |
| Created by | Elizabeth Gaskell |
| Portrayed by | Rosalind Shanks, Daniela Denby-Ashe |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Miss |
| Spouse | John Thornton |
| Relatives | Richard Hale (father), Maria Hale (mother), Frederick Hale (brother) |
Margaret Hale is the heroine of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel North and South. Initially, Gaskell wanted the title of the novel to be Margaret Hale, but Charles Dickens, the editor of Household Words, the magazine in which the novel was serialized, insisted on North and South.[1]
- ^ Patricia Ingham (1995). North and South (Introduction). Penguin Classics. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-14-043424-8.