The title of the novel, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell reinforces the idea of ​​conflicts surrounding urbanization as the north (Milton) represents industrialization and all things new while the south (Helstone) embraces urban life and the past. This essay aims to discuss the different levels of conflict between the North and the South and how the novel can be read both as an industrial novel and as a romance novel. This essay aims to discuss how the novel deals with conflicts in the society which ultimately leads to the romantic interests of the novel representing a connection between the two worlds of the past and present. The Victorian era prevailed under the reign of Queen Victoria, so the Realist novel emerged during this era with ongoing industrialization and the era of improvement, society felt both optimistic about the future and pessimistic about the uncertainties what a reserve. Realist texts like North and South is a mimetic novel as it attempts to hold a mirror to society, the conditions of England at the time and the conflicts surrounding it so that readers become reflective of the world. Gaskell lived in this period and therefore presents himself as an instructional writer, that is, a writer who intends to teach a lesson, North and South reflects the consequences of industrialization by revealing, responding to and interpreting public conflicts, the conflicts of the individual and the conflicts of society . . Gaskell then uses the theme of romance to attract readers. The train and the invention of the steam engine plays an important role in the novel as it is a modern invention and also the creation of the train leads to the construction of railways which essentially changes the urban... center of the paper... with modernity and their resolution there is hope and understanding for the future. This essay discussed how the novel deals with conflicts in society which ultimately leads to the romantic interests of the novel which represent a connection between the two worlds of the past and present. Works Cited B. Knezevic, “The Novel as Cultural Geogrophy: Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South”, SRAZ LVI, 85-105 (2011). Beck, R.H. “What is Romantic Love? Margaret Hale and Ruby Ruggels respond. The Victorian Web. 1995, URL available: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/trollope/rhbromance.htmlCraik, W.A. “Elizabeth Gaskell and the English Provincial Novel.” London: Metheun and Co Ltd, 1975.Gaskell, E, “North and South”, London: Penguin Books, 1986.Walker, Hugh. Literature of the Victorian era. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1910