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Zusammenfassung

"Mary Barton" was the first novel by Elizabeth Gaskell and the entirely working-class cast of characters was an innovation at the time. This edition contains both the text and a study of it.

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Mary Barton by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Mary Barton(1848),subtitled 'A Tale of Manchester Life',is the first novel by Mrs Gaskell(1810-65).The entirely working-class cast of characters in this novel was then an innovation.The background story is Manchester in the 'hungry forties'and the acute poverty of the unemployed mill-hands. Mary Batson,daughter of an embittered worker,wins the attention of Henry Carson,son of one of the employers.But a group of workmen plot his murder as a warning to his class,and it falls upon Mary's father to perform the deed.Suspicion lies with Mary's working class admirer,Jed,who is tried for his life.Finally,John Barton is driven by guilt to confess.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available Includes introduction, notes, selected criticism, further reading, text summary and chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell's life and times Reset with wide B format pages to give generous margins for notes An important addition to, and finally completing the Gaskell series in Everyman
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780460875547
ISBN 10 046087554X
Titel Mary Barton
Autor Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Serie Everyman
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr 1996-08-05
Seitenanzahl 352
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