"N&S: John Thornton, Love Le...

By GratianaLovelace

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John Thornton has an eager mind, starved for intellectual stimulation. But what John could not have foreseen... More

Prologue
Ch.1: Timing is Everything
Ch. 2: Navigating an Invitation
Ch. 3 (PG-13): A Carriage Ride and Picnic in Nature's Idyll
Ch. 4: A Question of Propriety
Ch. 5: Propriety Be Damned
Ch. 6: The Thorntons' Engagement Responses
Ch. 7: The Mill's Future is Cast into Doubt
Ch. 8 (PG-13, S): A Compromising Situation
Ch. 9 (PG-13, V): Trouble at Marlborough Mills
Ch. 10 (PG-13, S): Recovery and Romance
Ch. 11 (R rated, S): I Plight Thee My Troth
Ch. 12: Merry Match Making Mirrrrth
Ch. 13: Dr. Ogilvy joins the Thornton Christmas Celebrations
Ch. 14: After Christmas Visit to London Part 1
Ch. 15 (PG-13): After Christmas Visit to London Part 2 (John & Margaret)
Ch. 16 (PG-13): Hannah's Long Forgotten Memories Awaken While Caring for Lissa
Ch. 17: Meeting Dr. Ogilvy's Children in London
Ch. 18 (PG): Mrs. Thornton's 1st Monday with the Dillard Children
Ch. 19: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part I
Ch. 20: Some Return Home to Milton, Some Stay in London Part 2
Ch. 21 (R-S): Sunday Spooning, and Monday Museum & Tea Rituals
Ch. 22: Mrs. Shaw's Farewell Dinner Soiree Finds Fanny with Competing Suitors
Ch. 23: Unexpected Complications
Ch. 24 (PG-13): Tea for Two Becomes Fractured
Ch. 25 (PG-13): Watson Gets More than He Bargained For
Ch. 26: Wedding Planning Dresses and Such
Ch. 27 (R-rated, S): John and Margaret's Loving Evening and Such
Ch. 28 (PG-13): Hannah's and Cameron's Evening Begins Lovingly
Ch. 29: Fanny and Baird Courting in London
Ch. 30: Traveling to Airlie Castle in Scotland for a Highland Wedding
Ch. 31 (PG-13): Love, Tenderness, Patience, and Compassion
Ch. 32 (R-rated, S): A Love Worth Waiting For
Ch. 33 (PG): Ankles and Feet, Heads and Hearts
Ch. 34 (PG-13): Pas de deux, times two?
Ch. 35 (PG-13): Fanny Comes to a Decision
Ch. 36 (PG): Fanny's Dalliance with Baird Ends
Ch. 37 (PG): Fanny Arrives Home in Milton Seeking Consolation
Ch. 38 (PG): Dr. Houghton is Very Attentive
Ch. 39 (PG): Unexpected Developments in Thornton Manor Residents
Ch. 40 (R-rated, S): Romantic Partners Times Three
Ch. 41 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Makes an Appeal
Ch. 42 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 1
Ch. 43 (PG-13): Baird Ogilvy Seeks to Win Back His Fiona, Part 2
Ch. 44 (PG): Sometimes Love Means Letting Go
Ch. 45 (PG): Chopin Nocturnes Interlude
Ch. 46 (PG-13): Home is Where the Heart Is
Ch. 47 (PG-13): Sunday Luncheon Parting is Bittersweet
Ch. 48 (PG-13): A House Warming and Wedding Planning
Ch. 49 (PG): Fanny's Birthday Surprises
Ch. 50 (PG-13): A Member of the Wedding
Ch. 51 (PG-13): With This Rrring, I Thee Wed
Ch. 52 (R-rated, S): With My Body, I Thee Worship
Ch. 53 (PG-13): Post Wedding Euphoria and Distress
Ch. 54 (PG-13): Where There is a "Mill", There is a Way
Ch. 55 (PG): Domestic Bliss?
Ch. 56 (PG-13): Returning to Scotland Brings Surprises and Joy!
Ch. 57 (PG-13): You Are So Beautiful, to Me!
Ch. 58 (PG-13): Margaret has a Plan
Ch. 59 (PG-13): Sharing Baby News with Family, Delicately
Ch. 60 (PG-13, D): Preparations
Ch. 61 (PG-13): The Angus Scotland Highland Games Open
Ch. 62 (PG-13): At the Highland Games, the Ladies Go a Husband Calling
Ch. 63 (PG-13, D): The Pain of Giving Life
Ch. 64 (PG-13): A Promise
Ch. 65: Baby Names
Ch. 66 (PG-13): Babies Yet to Come
Ch. 67 (PG-13): The Cycle of Life
Ch. 68 (PG-13): Joy in the Morning
Ch. 69 (PG-13): Returning to Airlie Estates in Scotland
Ch. 70 (PG-13): Advent Surprises, Part 1
Ch. 71 (PG-13): Advent Suprises, Part 2
Ch. 72 (PG-13): 3.5 Years Later, Seeking a Son to Love
Ch. 73 (PG-13, D): Finding Families for Children
Ch. 74 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 1
Ch. 75 (PG-13): Loving from the Heart, Part 2 (Revised)
Ch. 76 (PG-13): Arrivals and New Beginnings
Ch. 77 (PG-15, S): Bedtime Stories
Ch. 78 (PG-13): Chance Made Us Sisters
Ch. 79 (PG-13): Preparing for a 4th Birthday
Ch. 80 (PG-13, D): Birthday Festivities, and Then Some
Ch. 81 (PG-13): Courting Permission
Ch. 82 (PG-13): Wooing
Ch. 83 (PG-13): On Bended Knee
Ch. 84 (PG-13, D): Brigid's Past Threatens to Claim Her Future
Ch. 85 (PG-13, S): A Good Man
Ch. 86 (PG-13): Five Years Later: The Trials of Fathering Daughters Begin
Ch. 87 (PG-13, D): Fathers and Sons
Ch. 88 (PG-13): My Family, My Heart
Ch. 89 (PG-13): Epilogue/End--Ten and Twenty Years later, Love Lessons Learned

"N&S: John Thornton, Love Lessons", by Gratiana Lovelace October 14, 2013

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By GratianaLovelace

John Thornton in the BBC’s 2004 production of  Elizabeth Gaskell’s North & South is one of my favorites of Richard Armitage's many character portrayals. John Thornton is strong, yet vulnerable. What follows is a reimagined encounter between John & Margaret as their lives take a new path toward love.

Update January 14, 2014:  I added a picture prezzie.

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