Name: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
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Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN: 9781534911215

portada Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life

Type

Physical Book

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

246

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

28.0 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.58 kg.

ISBN13

9781534911215

Synopsis "Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life"

Mary Barton A Tale of Manchester Life Elizabeth 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 between 1839 and 1842, and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian lower class. It is subtitled "A Tale of Manchester Life." The novel begins in Manchester, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working-class families. John Barton is a questioner of the distribution of wealth and the relations between rich and poor. Soon his wife dies

Elizabeth Gaskell

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (September 29, 1810 - November 12, 1865), often known simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was a Victorian era English novelist and short story writer. Her novels provide a detailed portrait of the lives of many social strata, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians, as well as to literature lovers.

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