Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Gaskell, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141039388 ISBN 13: 9780141039381

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 576 Publisher: Penguin Classics Mary Barton is beautiful but has been born poor. Her father fights for the rights of his fellow Workers but Mary wants to make a better life for them both. She rashly decides to reject her lover Jem. a struggling engineer. in the hope of marrying the rich mill-owner's son Henry Carson and securing a safe future. But when Henry is shot down in the street and Jem becomes the main suspect. Mary finds herself hopelessly torn between them. She also discovers an unpleasant truth - one that could ing tragedy upon everyone. and threatens to destroy her.

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Book Description:

'Gaskell's shocking, moving and contemporary account of the corrosive effects of injustice and poverty' Sunday Telegraph

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0141039388
• ISBN 13: 9780141039381
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Daly MacDonald