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
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About this eBook
| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
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| 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 | Apr 1, 2000 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 3, 2015 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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