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Books: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Penguin Classics) by Macdonald Daly Click Image For More Info Click HERE for ... Prices (new/used) Availability Additional Images Similar Links More Reviews Additional Information Paperback: 464 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.71 x 7.71 x 5.02 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (April 1997) In-Print Editions: Hardcover , Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Unabridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover (Large Print), Audio Download (Audible.com) |All Editions Customers who bought this book also bought: Ruth by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Paperback) North and South (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Paperback) Cranford (Deodand Classics) by Elizabeth Gaskell (Paperback) Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Paperback) Sylvia's Lovers (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Nancy Henry (Editor), et al (Paperback) Book Description This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary Barton, daughter of a man implicated in the murder, through her adolescence, when she suffers the advances of the mill owner, and later through love and marriage. Set in Manchester, between 1837-42, it paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. More Reviews