We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, chapter 25, with many thanks to our reader, Barbara Edleman. Book talk begins at 19:20 minutes. The first N&S episode is 331. If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the Libsyn site. Literary Links of Interest for this chapter Jellies Various Victorian Medicine Sites History of Victorian Pharmacies Pills, Custard, and Plaster Early Victorian Era Make-up Knobhead = "scab" - crosses picket line to work Purring = "kicking" as in a fight "Clem" = "starve" Re: Pebbles—de·no·ta·tion (dēnōˈtāSHən) noun — the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. "beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power" con·no·ta·tion (känəˈtāSHən) noun — an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. "the word "discipline" has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression" Want a button? grab the code below \/ " />
