Mary Barton: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Mary Barton: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Mary Barton is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Mary Barton" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a novel published in 1848. Set in Manchester during the industrial turmoil of 1839-1842, it follows Mary Barton, a working-class girl caught between two suitors: a devoted craftsman and a wealthy mill owner's son. When murder strikes and the wrong man faces trial, Mary must race against time to save her true love without exposing a devastating secret that could destroy her family forever.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Mary Barton
- Author credits: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810–1865)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Domestic fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Labor unions -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Manchester (England) -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Poor families -- Fiction
- Textile industry -- Fiction
- Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- Working class women -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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