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    "It is not simply that I dislike him! It is that I have seldomly met anyone I liked less!"

    When one careless act sets off a chain of unexpected events, Margaret Hale is forced into a marriage with John Thornton, the very man whom she despises most of all. However, the brooding mill owner entertains some feelings of his own on the matter, and might not quite be the man she has taken him for.

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    24 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 28

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    Higgins has a gift for John Thornton - but will he have the courage to use it?

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 25

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    John Thornton gets a glimpse of something he shouldn't, which stirs his unwanted love for Margaret Hale more strongly than ever. But in a secret garden, everything blooms...

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    16 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 11

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    John Thornton, an itinerant working lad doing his best to rebuild his ruined family, encounters a young Margaret Hale in Helstone, fourteen years before they meet at Marlborough Mill. A friendship is forged...

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    16 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    Ever since John stumbled out of the Hales' house and onto an omnibus, having been rejected by Margaret (in the book, not the TV series), he has continued this weekly excursion. Unbeknown to him, Miss Hale also goes on an omnibus journey each week. Then one week, Miss Hale and Mr Thornton find themselves on the same omnibus. What a coincidence ...

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    02 Jun 2026