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Mary Barton

Hardcover (Everyman's Library May 10, 1994)

Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner’s charming son, Henry, starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem’s affections in the hope of marrying Henry and escaping from the hard and bitter life that is the fate of the workers. But when Henry is shot dead in the street Jem becomes the prime suspect and Mary finds her loyalties tested to the limit.

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Series
Everyman's Library
ISBN
0679434941 / 9780679434948
Pages
390
Weight
16.0 oz.
Dimensions
5.2 x 1.0 in.

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