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Mary Barton

Elizabeth Gaskell

478 pages

About this book

Mary Barton was praised by contemporary critics for its vivid realism, its convincing characters and its deep sympathy with the poor, and it still has the power to engage and move readers today. This edition reproduces the last edition of the novel supervised by Elizabeth Gaskell and includes her husband's two lectures on the Lancashire dialect.

Themes
HeartbreakingHeartfelt & EmotionalThought-ProvokingGrimdarkThe Struggles of the Working ClassMoral Ambiguity in HardshipThe Power of Human ConnectionSocial Injustice and Its Consequences
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