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Mary Barton

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4 out of 5
Based on 21 Ratings and 21 Reviews

Book Description
Set in Manchester in the 1840s, Mary Barton depicts the effects of economic and physical hardship upon the city's working-class community. Paralleling the novel's treatment of the relationship between masters and men, the suffering of the poor, and the workmen's angry response, is the story of Mary herself--a factory-worker's daughter who attracts the attentions of the mill-owner's son, w... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (56 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages480
ISBN-100192805622
ISBN-13978-0192805621
Publication Date04/20/2006
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About Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Author) : Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a published author. Some of the published credits of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell include Cranford (The literary heritage collection), Cousin Phillis, Wives and Daughters (... more
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About Shirley Foster (Editor) : Shirley Foster is a published author. Some of the published credits of Shirley Foster include Sylvia's Lovers (Penguin Classics), What Katy Read, and What Katy Read: Feminist Re-Readings of Classic St... more
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