| Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life Contributor(s): Gaskell, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0099511479 ISBN-13: 9780099511472 Publisher: Vintage Classics OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Set in Manchester between 1837 and 1842, Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. It concerns Mary Barton, a mill worker's daughter eager to rise through the ranks, and her father, who shoots dead the mill owner's son. This adaptation offers a stirring narrative with real insight into the lives of the Victorian working classes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008431149 |
| Series: Vintage Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.56" W x 7.84" (0.80 lbs) 492 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |