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Mary Barton

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Política e economiainglês
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In Manchester during the hungry 1840s, Mary Barton, the pretty daughter of a mill worker, is torn between Jem Wilson, an honest engineer who loves her, and…

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Autor
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Categoria
Política e economia
Idioma
inglês
Fonte
Projeto Gutenberg

Sobre este livro

In Manchester during the hungry 1840s, Mary Barton, the pretty daughter of a mill worker, is torn between Jem Wilson, an honest engineer who loves her, and Harry Carson, the handsome son of a rich mill owner, who flatters her with dreams of becoming a lady. Her father John, embittered by unemployment, hunger and the death of his son, becomes a trade unionist and a Chartist. When Harry Carson is shot dead, suspicion falls on Jem, and Mary must race against time to save him.

Contexto e importância

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865), the wife of a Unitarian minister in Manchester, saw the poverty of the city's workers at first hand. Her first novel, published anonymously in 1848, shocked middle-class readers and angered some factory owners. Compare her later North and South and the gentle comedy of Cranford.

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