A Tale of Manchester Life
Elizabeth Gaskell
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Description
Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, published anonymously in 1848, tells of Mary Barton and her father John in industrial Manchester. A mysterious disappearance, a tea party, and a mill on fire open a story of poverty, work, and love. Gaskell wrote Mary Barton after her own son's death, turning grief into sympathy for the poor.
Gaskell writes from close knowledge of mill hands and masters, and her sympathy runs to both sides of the class divide. Mary Barton remains a landmark of the social novel, praised for its feeling and its picture of a city at work. The Manchester setting, with mills and crowded courts, gives the novel its documentary force.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elizabeth Gaskell |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 859 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |