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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Imprint:	[Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (1 electronic document (790 pages))
Language:	English
Subject:	Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Working class women -- Fiction. Textile industry -- Fiction. Trials (Murder) -- Fiction. Poor families -- Fiction. Labor unions -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters. Labor unions. Poor families. Textile industry. Trials (Murder) Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Working class women. Manchester (England) -- Fiction. England -- Manchester. Fiction. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207803

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ISBN:	9781775416463 1775416461
Notes:	Archived by the National Library of New Zealand. Title from PDF cover (viewed on Jun. 28, 2011). Novel, originally published in 1848. Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Includes bibliographical references (pages 785-790). English.
Summary:	The first novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton was published in 1848. It tells of the plight of the lower class in Manchester during the 1830s and 1840s. Contrasting the gap between rich and poor, the first half of the novel tells of the humble lives of the Barton and Wilson families, the extreme poverty of the Davenports and the luxurious life of the Carsons. Symbolically, John Barton receives five shillings for selling most of his worldly possessions; Henry ...

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