Broadview Literary Texts: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life

Gaskell, E. and Foster, J. (ed)

ISBN 10: 1551111691 / ISBN 13: 9781551111698

Published by Broadview Press, 2000

About this Item

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9781551111698.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Broadview Literary Texts: Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551111691
• ISBN 13: 9781551111698
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Mary Barton first appeared in 1848, and has since become one of the best known novels on the ‘condition of England,’ part of a nineteenth-century British trend to understand the enormous cultural, economic and social changes wrought by industrialization. Gaskell’s work had great importance to the labour and reform movements, and it influenced writers such as Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle and Charlotte Brontė.

The plot of Mary Barton concerns the poverty and desperation of England’s industrial workers. Fundamentally, however, it revolves around Mary’s personal conflicts. She is already divided between an affection for an industrialist’s son, Henry Carson, and for a man of her own class, Jem Wilson. But Mary’s conflict escalates when her father, a committed trade unionist, is asked to assassinate Henry, who is the son of his unjust employer.

About the Author

Jennifer Foster a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa, is a professional writer and editor who has written on nineteenth-century British literature.