Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
Paperback
(Independently published May 8, 2020)
This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary Barton, daughter of a man implicated in the murder, through her adolescence, when she suffers the advances of the mill owner, and later throughlove and marriage. Set in Manchester, between 1837-42, it paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England.
- ISBN
- / 9798643975571
- Pages
- 234
- Weight
- 24.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 0.5
in.