Mary Barton: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mary Barton, credited to Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Mary Barton by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester during the 1830s and 1840s and deals heavily with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. The novel begins in Manchester, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working class families. John Barton reveals himself to be a great questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relation between the rich and the poor. He also relates how his sister-in-law Esther has disappeared after she ran away from home. Soon afterwards Mrs Barton dies, and John is left with his daughter Mary to cope in the harsh world around them. Having already been deeply affected by the loss of his son Tom at a young age, after the death of his wife, Barton tackles depression and begins to involve himself in the Chartist movement connected with the trade unions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary\_Barton

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mary Barton
• Author credits: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 38
• Listed recording duration: 15:56:55

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• audio books

Opening tracks: first 24 of 38

1. 01 - A Mysterious Disappearance — 26:59
2. 02 - A Manchester Tea-Party. — 15:00
3. 03 - John Barton's Great Trouble. — 22:05
4. 04 - Old Alice's History. — 25:23
5. 05 - The Mill On Fire--Jem Wilson To The Rescue. — 48:14
6. 06 - Poverty And Death. — 46:09
7. 07 - Jem Wilson's Repulse. — 19:46
8. 08 - Margaret's Debut As A Public Singer. — 37:45
9. 09 - Barton's London Experiences. — 35:55
10. 10 - Return Of The Prodigal. — 31:37
11. 11 - Mr. Carson's Intentions Revealed. — 33:05
12. 12 - Old Alice's Bairn. — 20:51
13. 13 - A Traveller's Tales. — 25:26
14. 14 - Jem's Interview With Poor Esther. — 29:53
15. 15 - A Violent Meeting Between The Rivals. — 40:43
16. 16 - Meeting Between Masters And Workmen. — 22:46
17. 17 - Barton's Night Errand. — 27:03
18. 18 - Murder. — 24:07
19. 19 - Jem Wilson Arrested On Suspicion. — 25:30
20. 20 - Mary's Dream--And The Awakening. — 17:45
21. 21 - Esther's Motive In Seeking Mary. — 24:21
22. 22 - Mary's Efforts To Prove An Alibi. — 28:06
23. 23 - The Sub-Poena. — 30:12
24. 24 - With The Dying. — 19:06

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