Name: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
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Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9780099511472

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portada Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life

Type

Physical Book

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher

Vintage Classics

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

492

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.9 x 14.1 x 2.9 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN

0099511479

ISBN13

9780099511472

Edition No.

Synopsis "Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life"

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, who are resentfully dependent on the callous mill-owners for their livelihoods. But when Henry is shot dead in the street Jem becomes the prime suspect and Mary finds her loyalties tested to the limit.

Elizabeth Gaskell

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (September 29, 1810 - November 12, 1865), often known simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was a Victorian era English novelist and short story writer. Her novels provide a detailed portrait of the lives of many social strata, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians, as well as to literature lovers.

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