Graham Greene of the modern world, often through a Catholic perspective. Although Greene objected strongly to being described as a Roman Catholic novelist, rather than as a novelist who happened to be Catholic, Catholic religious themes are at the root of much of his writing, especially the four major Catholic novels: "Brighton Rock", "The Power and the Glory", "The Heart of the Matter", and "The End of the Affair"; which have been named "the gold standard" of the Catholic novel. Several works, such as "The Confidential Agent", "The Quiet American", "Our Man in Havana", "The Human Factor", and his screenplay for "The
Margaret Hale Margaret Hale 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". From Chapter Two: From Chapter Seven: Margaret was a character created to challenge stereotypes about women's role in the 19th century. The theme of challenging stereotypes is one which is integral throughout the novel. Margaret Hale is nineteen years old and before she was 10, lived in Helstone in Hampshire, in the