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 through love and marriage. Set in Manchester, between 1837-42, it paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England.
Weight | 0.25 kg |
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ISBN | 9780140430530 |
Publisher | Truslove and Comba |
Publication Year | 1970 |
Pages | 337 |
Format | Paperback |