Mary Barton
- Publisher
- Stonehouse Publishing
- Initial publish date
- May 2018
- Category
- Classics, General, Historical
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551111698
- Publish Date
- Mar 2000
- List Price
- $17.75
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781988754062
- Publish Date
- May 2018
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Before Elizabeth Gaskell's famous North and South and Cranford, there was Mary Barton. Set in Manchester England in the mid-nineteenth century, Mary Barton was revolutionary in the way it tackled the relationship between poor mill workers and the wealthier manufacturers. This first book by Elizabeth Gaskell delves into the desperate lives of the working poor in Northern England, much in the way Dickens shone light on London’s lowest classes. In Gaskell’s eyes, prostitutes are selfless, murderers are penitent, and the poor are heroes.
About the author
Elizabeth Gaskell, 1810-1865, produced no less than 46 written works during her lifetime, including novels, short stories, and non-fiction. She set a new precedent for Victorian women by succeeding as a writer, mother, and wife. Some of her more famous works are North and South and Cranford.