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Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life

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.

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