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Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life was the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first 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 working class.
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- 1848
Mary Barton, first novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, published in 1848. It is the story of a working-class family that descends into desperation during the depression of 1839. With its vivid description of squalid slums, Mary Barton helped awaken the national conscience. John Barton is a.
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- 1848
Mary Barton begins in the fields outside Manchester, where two families meet after enjoying a holiday. George and Jane Wilson carry their twin babies, while John Barton accompanies his heavily pregnant wife, Mary. Their 13-year-old daughter, also named Mary, plays nearby. Wilson and Barton invite their wives to sit and chat, while the two men ...
- Elizabeth Gaskell
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester is the 1848 debut novel of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. It tells of the Victorian working class in Manchester, England, from 1839 to 1842, focusing on the story of the eponymous young female heroine. Through the experiences of two families—the Bartons and the Wilsons—it explores contemporary political and ...
In Mary Barton, the eponymous heroine’s working-class father John Barton becomes a Chartist.Chartism (c. 1830s –1850s) was an English working-class political movement named after the so-called People’s Charter of 1838, a massively popular petition demanding reforms from Parliament that included a general right to vote for adult men whether or not they owned property; a right to run for Parliament whether or not the candidate owned property; and a salary for members of Parliament so ...
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Discusses Gaskell as a woman writer in Victorian England. In the analysis of Mary Barton, Schor explores Gaskell’s use of a romantic plot and a marriage ...
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Introduction. 1 John Barton visits the country with family and friends. Rising Action. 2 Mrs. Barton, Tom Barton, and many other poor people die. 3 Mary Barton flirts with Harry Carson to escape poverty. 4 Poverty drives John Barton to radical political groups. 5 Mary rejects a proposal from Jem Wilson but regrets it.
