Mary Barton by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865
Title Mary Barton
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Barton
Credits E-text prepared by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset, and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Love stories
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Subject Poor families -- Fiction
Subject Political fiction
Subject Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
Subject Working class women -- Fiction
Subject Textile industry -- Fiction
Subject Labor unions -- Fiction
Subject Manchester (England) -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 2153
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Apr 3, 2015
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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