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Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life was the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, first 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. Plot summary.
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- 1848
- 1848
- Novel
Mary Barton, first novel by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, published in 1848. It is the story of a working-class family that descends into desperation during the depression of 1839. With its vivid description of squalid slums, Mary Barton helped awaken the national conscience.
- Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- 1848
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.
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25 de jan. de 2018 · Mary Barton é o primeiro livro de Elizabeth Gaskell, mais conhecida pelo renomado Norte e Sul. Mais do que obra de estreia da autora, o livro é um dos pioneiros da época em fazer da protagonista a heroína do enredo. Mary é filha de um operário e sonha em ascender socialmente por meio do casamento.
10 de nov. de 2017 · Acusada de subversão, reformou a trama para realçar a vida romântica de Mary Barton. Assim, fez um drama duplamente pioneiro: imortalizou as questões sociais da Revolução Industrial e elevou ...
10 de ago. de 1999 · Mary Barton, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's first novel, was first published anonymously in 1848 by Chapman and Hall.
A comprehensive analysis of Mary Barton, a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell about a working-class girl who faces social and family challenges in the 1840s. The analysis covers the plot, characters, themes, and historical context of the novel, as well as its critique of the Victorian idealization of women's domestic role.
