Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, 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. The novel begins in Manchester, where we are introduced to the Bartons and the Wilsons, two working-class fam...